I Wear Black

I wear black,
mostly.

I lust after snakeskin shoes.

I can’t see you

this lifetime

in any 

normal-for-a-human

way

and all I want

and all I long for

Is a moment

with your lips on mine,

your arms squeezing me

til I have no breath in this body

because you EXIST

and you love me!

You STILL love me!

The miracle that is your

heart beating loud enough

that I can hear it

I wear black

because that is what you wore

the last day

I ever saw you

I will never believe

that you are gone forever

For you are my

True North,

my Root,

my only Point of Light.

When once

you walk into this bodied

world again

I will wear the rainbow shawl

in celebration

of the day we Healed the Sky.

Until then,

I stand at the end of the broken

bridge across the Milky Way;

and pine.

And kiss every image

you have ever Inspired

so I would not forget your face

because you KNOW

I am faceblind in this life.

You. . .

and your damned hot

pointy shoes

with silver filigree tips.

How could I ever forget you?

I cannot.