I met you when you
were wiser in years,
and I was younger
and impressionable.
You carried regrets
and I soothed them away.
I knew I would outlive you,
it’s the risk I took
in loving you.
It doesn’t scare me when
I’m in your arms
and I’ll take every moment I can
until slow breaths take you away.
The wrinkles in your eyes
fascinate my soul
and you fill my heart
with love unlike no other.
Stay as long as you can,
love me like only you do,
because I will never
find home in another.
And I promise to take care
of all you leave behind;
me, our dreams
and the memories
which exist in places
we found together.
I would ask you
to wait for me
in purgatory
but truthfully,
I would like you to be free.
I want to see a bird
in the tree
at the bottom of our garden
and think of you;
remember the freedom
you gifted me
and never asked for anything
in return, but I will.
I give you all of me
and more and I ask again
please don’t wait for me;
taste the air of death
and breathe deeply,
in the knowledge
you are free
and forever
in my memory.
© Kristiana Reed 2019
RL
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