mint ledge
There are songs
i cannot listen to
without thinking about you
There are scents
i cannot smell
without thinking of you
There are words
i cannot say nor hear
without being reminded of you
There are places
i cannot be
without remembering you
without remembering your smile
your laugh, your voice
your body, your mind
your being, your soul.
all of it.
They way you’d make a face of
happiness, or perhaps disgust
or the way you could talk about
your interests for hours on end
The way you’d fidget with the tassel
of your bracelet when you were anxious
I can remember it all.
But they only live in my mind
within the nerves that weave through
one another
memories.
Locked away in a cell of my mind
my thoughts, and my pleasures
forever.
I think, forever is a funny word.
It’s a word with such deep meaning
but we use it all the time.
“I’ll be with you forever”
It's a bit silly, and idiotic,
throwing around a word like that
with such carelessness
But…
I think we used it wrong.
perhaps
‘forever’ is to be for memories,
not the present
engraved in your mind.
to live there as long as you live,
and perhaps by those to come.
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