Tell Me

Tell me,
     Does her name still vibrate through your core
                                            On warm, gusty nights  
                                                          When the lovesick perfume of honeysuckle
                                             Tugs at your un-kissed lips?
Do you see her eyes blinking at you from satellites?
                                 Drinking your reminiscences like rum
                 Until you don't know which way is up.
Do you feel her heartbeat like a drum, overpowering the sound of your own.
And then, do you realize that your organs were so carelessly sewn together?
                     How did it feel to be together?

Tell me,
      Do you sleep the same without her warmth?
         Without her arms closed over you,
     And her hair flooding your sheets

Did she swear she loved you?

I know you prick your fingers on the memories as you grasp for them
                                                 And when you hold them,
                                                            They are like a brick, tied against your chest
                                And you are sinking, drowning
                           Floundering and waterlogged like all the rest

I know that the pink dusk
            Reminds you only of her wind-stained dress


But I want a part of your tear-soaked heart.
press me into your left atrium
    like the flowers you folded into the chapters you wrote
       each red geranium and lilac blossom
drenching the legends you told
I will drench your soul in sugar-water so you never become bitter, beloved
It's just too easy.

I ache to see your face reflected in the sun
      And hear your voice speckled with our love
           

Darling, I have lived all your pain
and it is possible for two wrecked hearts to beat the same

I promise, I'll never stray from our rhythm-
Just promise me you'll stay