#jworks

like your smile and 

the sound of your laugh

but now I smile

and now I laugh

I’ve started to remember things about me

like climbing down steep stairs

One misstep

and I fell

to a crumpled heap

Is with white noise

To drown out the silence

That your breaths used to fill

Have you ever felt it in their eyes,

a fleeting glance that makes you feel

more beautiful than you ever have before

until you are so overwhelmed

you stumble over your words?

Have you ever felt it in their confessions

ringing through your ears and

quivering over your skin

until your whole body radiates

with their affection and adoration?

Have you ever felt it in the heat of their fingertips,

traveling up your spine in tiny, forceful waves,

setting every nerve on fire

until the only thing you feel is their touch

or nothing at all?

Have you ever felt it in the electricity of a look,

their eyes meeting yours and suddenly,

light shines from them like a halo

until you are completely blind to everyone

except for them?

Have you ever felt it chill your toes

as you run across the yard and down the road,

barefoot and coatless,

until you reach their car waiting

for a midnight rendezvous?

Have you ever felt it in your palms

as they hold your hand in theirs,

walking down the hall,

until the envious stares make you feel

important, like a queen in her castle?

Have you ever felt it in every move you make,

their promises and commitments

filling you up slowly and steadily

until you are floating and

walking on air, on top of the world?

Have you ever felt it in your veins,

torrent through them like a river after a storm,

crash into your heart, flood your brain

until the only thing you see is them leave

through the waterfalls of your own tears?