I dont remember where we came from and didn’t care where we were going.
I don’t know when it happened,
at some point along this journey I lost my map.
Yet your confident direction made me feel safe.
Maybe, hiding in the back of my mind, on some level, I knew you were just as lost as I was.
It didn’t phase me because, lost or not,
I savored the views as we traveled that lost for at path together.
An ethereal scattering of sunlight through the trees,
A glowing moon and a sea of stars as we rest on the soft terrain.
Such breathtaking views we’re jealous that instead of admiring them,
I was admiring you and how lovely you were with them.
And each day on our list journey,
We walk on and all I can stare at is you, and your eyes were simply focused on the path.
And you grew tired of walking, you didn’t care for the view
I tended to your blistered feet
My heart aches for you, I don’t want you to be suffering so.
I would’ve tried anything to fix it
You were sick of being so far away from the original path
You were resentful I lost our map.
you got tired of my presence.
You got tired of me.
And on a night,
A beautiful night with crisp air, bright blinking stars, a waxing gibbous moon
Soothed by the sound of soft leaves brushing against each other,
We rested our heads upon pillows made of feathery moss,
I nested my head into that spot on your chest, as I always have
I kissed you goodnight and said sweet dreams, as I always have.
You knew I was fast asleep
my neck relaxed and my breathing slowed
You stared up at the sky
!95 minutes I see it’s beauty
But an empty stare as you were lost in thought
You had a choice to make
My body craves the heat of yours, you see.
I awoke, shivering and disoriented in the dawn
A sky painted in a haunting shade of orange, the earth around me was damp with morning dewdrops.
I reach an arm out, instinctively searching for your warmth and comfort
Nothing
My eyes searched for you but all you left for me was
A patch of earth with your shape imprinted into it.
You made your choice and did so without me
I can’t breathe
I’ve been sitting in this same spot for days
I don’t want to make a new path
Not without you
I keep hoping
Praying to a god I don’t even believe in
That you’ll come back for me
If you don’t
I will let the forest trees grow around my body and consume me into its system
You know where I’ll be
