The Glow of You

A Poem

Photo by Cody Black on Unsplash

hey,
i was looking through old pictures,
and every time i came across that one of you —
Christmas Eve, six years ago, picture-perfect smile —
i wished i could have brought you back from the brink

and life means nothing
when you’re left with regret
from what feels like ages past.

hey,
i heard your name on the radio today,
and i almost couldn’t breathe
as if that one syllable of a moment
had punched me straight in the chest

and all the colors
have drained from my view
as if you took them all when you went away.

hey,
i went through my closet when i couldn’t sleep,
and that one box of yours stole my attention
till i couldn’t resist dredging up the pieces
of everything that had been left broken

and i looked through those fragments
of all that time we had once shared
till the tears blurred my vision.