My ears are still ringing from the sound. A broken heart beating faster than thought, caught in your stare; so encompassing. All resolve is lost as words fall from your lips my trembling fingertips held out in question. So shake hands with regret, set to slip away. Your eyes crossing rivers flowing under pale feet. As the moments countdown to flames, meet and greet death. He wears the cloak of your hopes and dreams, quenched like the raging fire they were once. You are the breath he never found. You are the closed eyes peacefully resting while those around you are torn to pieces. You are the smoke I pull to escape from the thought of you. No touch, no shadows cast into mind. Your hand fevorly held at your side as memories of you flow through mine: An empty space more lonesome for what it's lost. You're the sunset smile thundering out of a careless moment. You're the tightly closed fingers holding in a breath. If you would stay here with me for one more minute, I would steal the world.
