In the silence of night Night that leans against my chest Chest that remembers the weight of your absence Absence that twists time into sleepless loops Loops where I wander, seeking the warmth of your voice Voice that lingers as the flavour of a remembered kiss Kisses carrying summers, winters, rains, and springs we have yet to live Live every poem I have written, and the ones still waiting to be born for you, on you, about you You, and thoughts of you, wrap around me relentlessly and beautiful Beautiful because it is the only truth my heart has ever known Known in the way rivers know the pull of the sea Sea that carries every fragment of my longing toward you You who turn the weight of waiting into a sacred offering Offering I place, word by trembling word, at the quiet altar of our love.
