The hands of this watch haven’t moved since the last time you did and I’m not sure if I’m ready to hear the ticking

I thought I could drink you away but I had to stop being so drunk on you first

I would write a sweet poem and title it with your name if I loved you at all

Under the weight of life I forget how to breathe and I feel suffocated I hesitantly make peace with the world

I get my silence in five minute doses before the plane overhead brings me back to earth

I see words screaming for attention etched in the lines of your face Let me look closer

Forever seems like so long until I think of all the times spent waiting

I was like a rain cloud over a small garden and dammit if you weren’t that garden so full of flowers that I fell in love

Everyday I visit the only writers block I know to hone my words and wit and help them cut deeper into the skin

If I was once the tallest mountain your love was the wind that eroded me to nothing