au revoir, you whispered,

the phrase lingering in the heavy, summer air.

would we really meet again?

i watched as you kissed the setting sun,

sent your soul up to the violet sky,

and let your words spill through your fingers.

my world remained silent,

and it seemed to be shrinking.

tree branches swayed with the breeze,

and you slowly walked away,

taking with you a lifetime of memories

i wrapped into your skin.

i would never see your smiles again,

the really big ones that almost fell off your face.

i wouldn’t see your seafoam eyes

which seemed to laugh when we were together.

they spoke in poetic sentences

when your mouth was too scared to,

and saved me from drowning in my own body.

i stare and stare until all i

can see is darkness,

in a place much too big for me to conquer alone.

i pretend i am seeing myself from your eyes,

watching a young girl frantically writing

in a worn notebook with dog-eared pages,

her jet black hair covering her tears.

she can only breathe words

and relies on her pen to carry them out of her heart.

she’s thinking back to that day

when the universe tasted sour,

and no matter where she looked,

the only words she could make out were

au revoir

-goodbye until we meet again