Bridge

your name burns on my mouth
musical out loud
but my language has changed
and would wake your almost dormant memory
my breathing has a different rhythm now
though my ribs ache for the way
you used to rest your hand
numbness has crept into my fingers
and the light in my eyes has slowly splintered
the flare of headlights on a dirt road
blur the stars and make my skin feel alive
the match we lit cannot be extinguished
and I burn my imagination trying to recapture that heat
I put all our pictures in a box
but I can't put the color of evergreen eyes
out of my mind
I went back to the bridge
where we carved our initials
it has been replaced
new
silver and shiny
our name now rots in the rain
in an unknown darkness
while I'm still trying to build a new fire

@vanesadawn