Like the night sky, he is beautiful

Mysterious and romantically dark

To look into his eyes is to glimpse at nothing but everything all at once

Within his irises is a galaxy

Nebulae and planets that you wish you could explore

And his smile

His smile is the moonlight

It is the cratered surface of the moon with a gleam strong enough to pull you in

It controls the tides inside you

Pushing and pulling

Taking over you

Body and soul

But the thing about the night sky is that

No matter how long you gaze up at it

You will never know for sure

If there is something looking back at you

I fell in love with the moon

But I forgot

I was just the ghost in his stars.

you’re fleeting

like a dream i just can’t grasp

waking up every morning with your side of the bed cold

your arms imprinted on my skin

other people might think i’m going crazy

in this house of ours

(or what used to be)

but i’m only good at entertaining myself

so

i know you know better

cause it was you who ruined that for me

so now hours pass

as deja vu sets in and

i live through things a second time

carrying on with my life after

the dream that was you me and

us.

alone and

unremarkable

a silent departure

with no one to remember my life

for what it was

my death will pass

like wind

tell me

can you think of a more lonely way to go

experiencing two deaths at once