physicality of memory

i remembered your absence

traded substance for existence

drowning a heart’s beat

it’s gravity underneath my feet

drag me to hell

the longer i dwell

i weep the emptiness

and dry eyes with stillness

i still feel you, you’re right here

please don’t disappear

i thought i saw you near

but it’s blue inside

make it subside

dear, don’t make it true

i swear i felt your flesh

us, enmeshed

your blinking, your breathing

my heart sinking, you leaving

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