I dreamt of you last night,
And I awoke today
And felt your chest
Under my head.
I felt your heart
Beating inside you.
I felt your legs
Entangled in mine.
Under the white sheets,
Your tender lips
Touched my forehead;
Warm coffee
Stained the bed.
I am sober of you now
But like the passing whisper
Of wind through the Autumn air,
You fled
As quickly as you fell
And you unlit each burning candle
With your breeze.
I am sober of you now
Though I can still feel you
Like the last drink
That warmed my body
And dizzied my brain.
Like a rose
Unfolding with the season,
Petal by petal,
I watched the stem
Grow every thorn
As you fell deeper
Into your habits.
The sunset lights up the sky
For you every evening
And I see your freckled eyes
Staring back at me.
The silhouette of your memory
Dances on beside me.
But the memory of you,
It loosens.
I am sober of you now,
Though I can still feel you here with me.
I fell in love with a drowning man
Who poured his soul
Into the ashes,
Thinking he would live on forever.
About the Creator
River Gilliam
My dad always said he knew I was going to be a poet because I was crying before I had even completely left the womb. It’s always been my dream to get published someday.
She/her. Cosmetologist. Writer. Vegan. Dog mom.
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