Note for two (single edition)

I remember how we'd lay
Bodies intertwined
Your inhale, your exhale
The stories you'd tell me in your bated breath
I remember how you'd breathe
In, out, slowly, surely
The voices in your breaths
Whispers I'd almost miss
You don't matter anymore
Too much damage has been done
Without you here, you're nothing
Just the essence of fading away
Something is happening
You're disappearing
And maybe I lied
Because I can't remember what it was like
I fight to let go
You've hurt me too much
The memories, once plentiful
In the end, tainted, they fade
The summer heat was no reprieve
There's still something missing
Time has not healed these wounds
My mind an empty house
A nagging thought, constant
Although I shouldn't have to tell you
Don't wait for me
As I have not waited for myself
The windows down
The wind breathes through the night
The rain hits my eyes
The lights blur, and I cannot see