my voice sought the wind

to reach her

but she belongs to another

her voice, her body, her eyes 

linger dormant in my heart

telling myself I don’t love her 

it’s true

our love didn’t last 

and after time it died

we forgot 

the way our bodies

intertwined

because on nights like this 

with her body next to mine

she trembled in my arms

now all that remains

are dying embers and emptiness

~ I lost her ~