Mourning Skies

Long Gone

It's just like they say
I knew I was so screwed
When my favorite color
Became the color of your eyes

And I knew I was going down
So hard
When you said you loved me
And my heart leaped out of my chest
Like those three words
Were medical scalpels
And you claimed what of my heart was left
And in my hollow cavity remained
A slip of paper with your name on it

And I belonged to you and only you
And I knew I was fucked
When I fumbled in my pocket
Reaching for this poem I wrote you
And you held my hands to steady them
Which was usually never a possibility for me
Because anxiety racked my body every moment
But when you were here
It melted away
Like ice off of a spring flower
The cold was gone
And I all felt was the warmth of the sun
From you and your warm soul

God I always knew
I was long gone
But it didn't matter
Because I still had you