Distance

The empty seat to the left 

a vacant reminder 

of shut calls and silent goodbyes

Its never supposed to end you know

one medium ends

the next springs up

hungry, keeping the silence

at bay

Teeming traffic, rash driving

flashing tail lights, blaring horns

epileptic metaphors:

its the same up here

Parents, focused on forward intent

no spare look for empty backseats

the buzzing din in their shadow 

it grows louder into silence

Our words are barren

desolate, Pompeii post ash

each vibration

a lurch, a boil, a swallow

Begging kids

with dry crying faces

plastered on the thin windows

the tiny divide between 

Filling the silence with your songs

a sonic apparition 

your static form

clinging to my neck and ears

its all static now

a shake in my palm 

your ghost reaches out

one word

one word changes everything

one word is enough

its a solid reminder

of the oath inscribed on our wrists

of our cardiac promise

You're beautiful

our amour

my ecstasy 

iloveyou