apparitions

I can’t tell you what I’d say

if I was to never see your face

slip into my life or out of my mind

again.

Words wouldn't sound right,

pieced together with restlessness.
When I’m trying to sleep at night

your melody comes my way.

Singing me to sleep,

among the crickets and the weeping willows.

Dreams of how we walked shoulder to shoulder;

close but not quite yet.

Perhaps that’s all we’ll have - 

The memories we’ve made.

Pictures worth a thousand words

that can never be sounded out;

right and true and beautiful.

Ringing ears and beating hearts;

I could feel a beat within your chest,

I can  still see it when I look at you.

It sings me to sleep

among the stars and the wind whistles.

Dreams of walking fast but still too slow,

our steps matching rhythms.

And when I shut my eyes
there you be;

clear but still elusive to me.

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