Upon her chest I laid.

Her heart’s rhythm off-beat.

The repose I craved.

Her lung’s breathing discreet.

She held me.

I suffocated,

My tragedies liberated with violence.

I released,

Her fingers combed, softly through my hair.

And then silence.

Not a whisper or care.

The beating of our hearts syncopated.

The tempo slowed, this cadence we shared.

She loved ...

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She said, “To the moon and back.”

And I asked, “Why so finite?”

She looked of puzzlement.

I knew she had tried.

In lieu of intentions,

Years of roads walked down.

I journeyed to the moon-

And there she wasn’t, ever, to be found.

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