Inhale, Exhale

My breath escapes me once again,
watching his silhouette blaze as he
lassos the sun to bring me the horizon-
rediscovering the abmbiance of how
august burns red and feeling the
smoke from those charred memories
rise and return to my lungs.

A day to remember, bottling the humid
scent of that matcheless phrase he
left steaming off of my collar, saving it for
quick wiffs for my gloomy tomorrows-
But,
those brief moments break me knowing I'll
trudge home barefoot with my head bowed
by the circumstantial weight of a goodbye rain,
sluggishly dragging my coattail back through
this confusion, again
and again.

My fears paralyze me.

His eyes were a labyrinth I never
minded get lost in, climbing his lashes
like an oak from a childhood dream
where I always felt safe-
How many times must I take that trip
back down Parkway Drive to watch the sunset,
before I realize I belong there,
dreaming beneath stars
with you.

So carry back the sun and
burn me down,
I'm ready to love again.