lit till ill

be calm

it took a universe

to cook you

it will take a while

to come to comfort

and rest

with being

and how much unbeing

it takes to have been

and yet

still be

*

the last word

i will write

will still linger

for more

of you

*

unknown till now

nothing is too much

for you have left

with the i

i had known

the i that was too much

for you

*

still

the silence surrounds

the shadow of a kiss

that parted your lips

with words unsaid

but that breathed possible smoke

the forgotten flame

that could reignite

if only there were friction still

between us

the unmatched and

unmade