Yes, I remember you!
Walking away without a sound
While on the other side of the galaxy
A star ten times larger than our sun
Imploded and vanished forever
Yes, I remember you!
And my feeling the chill
Of that prophetic death
Arrows poisoned by shards of ice
Freezing my soul
Yes, I remember you!
And a heart that broke
With no one to hear it
Echoing endlessly between
The edges of forlorn galaxies;
Beating like an unrepentant
Sinner’s soul against the walls
Of Purgatory so that it might yet
Be blessed with one last glimpse
Of leftover heaven
Yes, I remember you
Disappearing like snowflakes
Swallowed by a pool of lukewarm water
Yes, I remember you
Vanishing like the sun
swallowed by angry thunderclouds
Between strikes of lightning
Yes, I remember you!
And the silence you wrapped yourself in
To protect you from us
Yes, I remember you!
And the three months
Of my undoing
That followed in the waste
Of your leaving
Yes, I remember you!
Like land remembers a tsunami
Like a soldier remembers war
Like a mother remembers a child
Taken from her against her will
Yes, I remember you!
May 17, 2014
May 17, 2014 at 11:22 PM UTC
Yes, I remember you!
Walking away without a sound
While on the other side of the galaxy
A star ten times larger than our sun
Imploded and vanished forever
Yes, I remember you!
And my feeling the chill
Of that prophetic death
Arrows poisoned by shards of ice
Freezing my soul
Yes, I remember you!
And a heart that broke
With no one to hear it
Echoing endlessly between
The edges of forlorn galaxies;
Beating like an unrepentant
Sinner’s soul against the walls
Of Purgatory so that it might yet
Be blessed with one last glimpse
Of leftover heaven
Yes, I remember you
Disappearing like snowflakes
Swallowed by a pool of lukewarm water
Yes, I remember you
Vanishing like the sun
swallowed by angry thunderclouds
Between strikes of lightning
Yes, I remember you!
And the silence you wrapped yourself in
To protect you from us
Yes, I remember you!
And the three months
Of my undoing
That followed in the waste
Of your leaving
Yes, I remember you!
Like land remembers a tsunami
Like a soldier remembers war
Like a mother remembers a child
Taken from her against her will
Yes, I remember you!