Now that it is over, you say
I should remember,
all that I can
I remember the smile on your face
shattering a dark day
lighting up the soul
And on nights like tonight,
or the night before, or the one before that
I seek the light
Now that it is over, you say,
I better write this in time,
Unlike the chances I missed
I remember when you spoke
I paid attention, like never before
knowing the world anew
like a child staring at a new born
or a cat at a string
Now that it is over, you say
I must be grateful for all it was
I remember the happiness I felt
as our eyes met
across the room,
crowded or empty
You’d be glad to know
that the routine grew on me
like the best habits do
Now that it is over, you say,
We must know how good it was
I remember
Holding you
All five feet three of you
Warm embrace of the summer sun
Smell of the first rain
Recently experienced
Never forgotten
Now that it is over, you say,
I wonder how you are,
what you are doing,
how you feel
Hoping to know
the way I used to,
not as an answer,
but a revelation
Everytime
I remember you
when trains and planes
rattle my windows
And wish to remind you
how the quiet of my other room
was broken by your humming
Now that it is over, you say
I wonder
Were we just ships in the night
or the stuff of longer tales
I sing sometimes
Thanks to you
You’d be proud
My voice doesn’t make me hate
Thanks to you
Now that it is over, you say
This hopefully lasts
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