And Still.. a Valentine
And Still (for . . )
Still I have your pictures on the wall, still
the Christmas presents wrapped in midnight blue,
with golden stars peeping out of the bag,
still my dreams filled with images of you
in every guise except the one too true
for me to bear, the one where you are you.
And still I’ll walk more swiftly every day,
barely sustaining measure in my pulse,
until my breath snags on your name and stops,
leaving me hanging in the air and still.
And still, and still I’ve learned to know myself
in the very lengthening of each day,
in midnight poems, daylit dreams, presents
left still-wrapped where the golden stars half rise.
With love, today,
Landar
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redrock
on February 14th, 2012
i am sending you imaginary roses today, the color which is your favorite, accompanied by a singing bluebird, my choice for you.
Landar
on February 15th, 2012
Thank you so much Redrock! They’re in a vase now and the bird is singing at the open back door..