i took a picture of your i love you
so i can take it with me wherever i go
it is this tiny reminder that no one sees but me
that this is real and there
and not something i dreamed up
in one of my crazier moments
i wear the hearts you gave me
(a seal upon my arm,
a seal upon my heart)
and their weight reminds me
i love you, dear, very very much
i can hear you say it
as though close at hand,
thirteen hundred miles in an instant
i let you go and do my best
i try not to think about things
about the want and the need
to be close to you,
to be consumed by you and your love
to keep you all for myself
about your smile and your hands
the way you pull my hand close to your chest
even in sleep
this is my every day life;
so it goes.
