A Summer's Grave

We stood amongst the graves on the summer's day 

looking at one another 

In silence 

In stillness

As the dead watched us

and the words that remained unsaid

Maybe it was the way the sun laid 

effortlessly across your face

that I fell into your embrace 

with arms so strong 

and hands so soft

You took my heart 

and wrapped it in cloth 

The name I called out longingly

which tasted so sweet

begrudgingly fell numb and cold 

As I tried to call your name 

no longer felt the same 

no other name or word 

graced my tongue 

as you took the air from my lungs. 

The melody of every note you played

echoed among the graves 

that slowly began to fade 

replaced by the cries of the dead 

As I laid there, turning the earth red

As you walk away

heart in hand 

red strings bind us together

both dammed 

bound to one another

My eyes that used to see the future 

began to blur with tears 

from the truth, my fears 

whispered to me 

insistently 

I laid amongst the graves 

on the beautiful summer's day 

feeling the cold red soil 

recoil beneath me

accepting my unloved 

rotting body 

where it belongs 

Maybe it was the way the sun laid 

effortlessly across your face

that I fell into your embrace 

with arms so strong 

and hands so soft

You took my heart 

and wrapped it in cloth 

I shall wait through the 

long, cold, lonely winter

for you, my love 

where you will return with the sun.