Your Name

by senseilance

April 22, 2020

I think I can handle this

I thought I was strong

But every moment that passes

I discover I am wrong

I have to concentrate furiously

So that i don’t drown

In the pain

Of remembering ... remembering

your name

How do i control

These feelings I’ve had

Since the first moment, many weeks ago

I met your image on that photo

Beside your name

I look back on all the anticipation

I felt with every breath

And keystroke

Every chat and hour that went by

I thought about you

How my heart would soar

And my blood

Pulsate

I am handling this

I focus past the possibility of silly mistakes

I made

And try to see them as stones

That I tripped over

While listening to the sound of your name

I resist that sound to be like a sunset fading dream memory

I would so much prefer to bathe in your sunlight

For just a few more hours

A precious few sweltering hours

When your name

For a moment all at once meant everything to me

On a fiery mat of passionate, lovers embrace and fuelled desire

But now those flames lighting up not much else

Than a darkened

Empty cave

With a simple carving etched deep into the stone

I strain not to read it

I struggle not to see

But i cannot turn away

I cannot unsee

Your name burning deep

Deep withinside me.

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