Always Near

You are kept on my chapped lips

and you are kept in my normal scent

You, darling, are forever near me

You are in the glare of my favorite

sunglasses

and the only cd I played in my first car

There’s no forgetting

because like my collarbones

and constellated freckles

You will always be a part

of my entirety

I want to stay to see the sun rise

I need to breathe when the music's softer

I can only think if the sky is dark

I'm supposed to sleep

On 100 milligrams of induced

Nightmares

But I can't feel when the air sticks

From the blankets to my socks

So fondly my mind drifts

Like it's been there before

And it has

I've visited there 3 times

In the past week

Just to see if anyone was home