I hold onto you
Like my shadow you stay next to me
Even though you have been gone
Long enough for me to not be able to see your eyes
Feel the way your lips pressed to mine
The softness of your hand on the middle of my back
The way in which words weren't needed
Then the gray sets in
I have been without you
Perhaps never really had you
Or only had you long enough to love you
You know someone all too well
Then not at all
Then it all seems like a lie
The foundation gives way
The cotton it was built on
Picked up with the wind
Elegantly with long strokes
Went away
I go back to the place
All that is there now is the natural hue of a time thats passed
I put my hands into the soil
Grab a handful of earth
Sift it through the fingers you once held onto
I try to let you go for what feels like the hundredth time
No matter how the story has turned
At one time I chose you
Now I have to un-choose you
As sure as blood is red
As the sun kisses the face of a child
The moon guilds the traveler into the night
My knowing is fading
You are gone
I bury you into the earth
Everyday
Only to come back to it
Hands grabbing onto
Something I have created
I will never have you again
That was our time
Now buried into the earth
We both walk on
