I Am You

And then when you left

My eyes found the rose you had gifted,

Old—just like us

But pure to its very depths.

Couldn’t you just stay a little longer?

Just until the last petal fell;

Till I smear you with a little more love

For it was just fate,

For it was just us

Us being the only stars of our nights.

“Come with me,” you’d say.

Always.

Just not this time.

Your beaming smile was my moon

But now…I don’t have you

For now,

I am you.