Halo
Moon Tongue
tangled around forgotten memories,
The slow burn of my brain working on overdrive To protect me from a grief That would have destroyed me. When the memories came back I felt I somehow betrayed him Because I didn't die when he passed on. I always thought there was no way I could live Without the other half of my soul Here and breathing beside me. But my brain sent pulsing transmissions, Hiding parts of my past in shadow Till my heart could deal. So I forgot. Every memory stripped away Till there was only a feeling, A presence of him in my heart. My tongue wraps around words Repeating the memories My brain won't let go of. I stand beneath the sky And watch angels fly across the moon, The slow burn of dissolving amnesia Crackling in my head. |