It might be the way
your eyelashes frame
the warm brown of your irises,
casting shadows
when the light flickers across
their glassy surface.
The way they lift and fall,
and the darkness that consumes them
when you can't quite look me in the eye,
mystery, longing, melancholy.
Or the way the sunlight gleams upon them,
gazing softly, curiously into mine,
comfortable.
Or the fact that I could write volumes
about the way you look at me
as if I'm intangible,
and if you were to reach out a hand,
it would simply slip through mine.
But it's probably something in those eyes,
the way they glimmer,
the way they dull.
Something in those eyes
that help
The credits blurred
as I watched them roll by.
Unearthed memories
flooding back,
cascading over the dams
my eyes created.
And as he sang us
farewell
the images
of my childhood
flash-flooded my mind.
The credits rolled by
and my dams crumbled,
relinquishing tears.
This truly was
a last goodbye.
You are December 18th.
You are piping hot 8oz Americanos
that I finished faster than you
despite complaints
when their lava-like lips
kissed my tongue.
You are the used bookstore
that didn't smell of old books
or hidden secrets,
though we stayed, if only for the company
of a million words.
You are the crowded Skytrain
that filled like brimming coffee cups,
leaving me leaning surreptitiously
into the warmth of your body;
you didn't move away.
You are the pizza joint
we meandered into
because we'd both skipped breakfast
and our stomachs had begun to speak louder
than our mouths.
You are the Vancouver Public Library
that towers like a Rom