Paper Listens

Pastlonging

The afterbloom blew me back to your smile
Lavender echoes your grace

Our quietship cleft by the void between us
Wrinkles have journeyed my face

The firmament witnessed our tectonic shift
Insistent on sketching your sparkle

The evecoming sky is inked with your twirls
Reflecting the bounce of your joy

The arbor umbrella once cradled our nights
A wish for your bottled embrace

I sit in the still for the life of a snail
Attending a monarch ballet

I burrow in time to the back of my mind
We were
A force
Of nature