Earthly Own

Until Then, Darling

Did you know? The remaining traces of your presence were hard to get rid of on that dark September night. The memories forever imprinted on delicate bones soaked from the frozen spittle of your blue heart. Every detail singed from yesterday's chilled warmth that had once lit our torch of unity.

And even now as I journey through the pages of our last story, I can still feel the gentle brush of your thumb as it wiped away my mottled tears. The kiss of virginity on that have bloomed into a ruby flower. Or the feather light whispers from your lips as they caress the crook of my swan's dip.

But in the end, it proved to be too much for a soul so unripened as mine. A flaw in the constellations that had at one time, knit our hearts together as one. I had always been two stones behind your solid surety, a blunt edge of your unyielding passion. Silver hands open to receive what was not to give.

Because in the truest of words, I was covered in a smatter of magma freckles, and platonic dimples. Swept from the roots used from mother willow's dried sap, that fueled the raw years we walked the skies. But in more simpler words, I am merely not ready for the love you so effortlessly offer.

I must leave into the afterlife to better prepare, And so, there will I go, carrying along with me three items in order to reach my starry destination. A photograph of the moon, to forget the radiance of our close bond. The broken watch I stole from your drawers to remind me of the millennia we spent together.

And thirdly, a telephone with which I can call you when I am ready, at long last, to return the love you gifted to me on that dark September night. Oh my sweet darling.. Will you wait for me?

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A/N: I'll cross my fingers. ;)