Tonight I'll Light A Candle

R_emember when you touched my cheek for the first time?

I could have sworn that the bottom of my hell had been closed.

O_r maybe it was the taste of your sweet kiss during the summer nights

That left me sinking into the white pillow thinking about your love.

B_utterflies! Sweet things emerging from the darkness of my soul.

How I wished to bottle the essence of their generous fluttering wings.

E_ventually, those drawn out summer days were replaced with winter snow.

And without the aid of streaming conversations, I lost faith of your loyality.

R_apture disappeared with the turning of the leaves; your words

As the snow began to pour heavily on the presence you were leaving behind.

T_onight, though, I light a candle for the times we were stricken with

The love that I was convinced we might always show through bad

or worse.

*For Robert*