Breathless

I don’t need to remember you,

for everything has become you-

the bed, the songs, the tea, the wardrobe

the sky, the sea, the cities, the faces.

Wherever I go, I only see you in it

and lately

you’ve begun to feel so heavy on my chest

I hear bangs on my ribcage-

the heart is so wretched

that it’s been begging all night

to go breathless for you.

But you see

I hold it back every second

and put it to rest.

Yet again, it awakes to your smell

searching restlessly for you in blankets.

Tell me

what should I say to this heart?

It’s not ready to leave you;

it was never, it will never.

I have undress the shame in me

and have worn your naked memories

missing you a little more by every day

I love it how it pains

but I love it more when it reminds me to breathe.

I’ll never ever let go of these memories

they somehow keep me miserably alive.

And believe me

I still love it, I'll still love you.