Please

I shed tears with every moment I saw your hand slip

I could hear the pieces of my heart break 

When I saw the look in your eyes

The resolve to not look back

To not linger any longer 

I can still smell you here

She thinks you’ll be back 

I don’t know if you will

My hands are afraid of touching anything 

Not to ruin the order you left

Maybe I can remember you always

If I don’t sleep 

If i don’t lie where we all lay

Where the world didn’t matter

Where it was just us

I need to remember you always 

Lest I remember my sins

Lest I remember the tears

Lest I lose my mind

But I can’t help reaching for everything you touched

Hoping I’d feel your touch

Your warmth once more

And maybe I’d feel your warm exhale

Gentle on my face

Wishing you’d linger a bit longer 

An embrace longer

Stay a while 

Stay a lifetime

Stay

Just stay

Please