To have loved you:
To have stood underneath metaphorical rain
wet with real tears
waiting
To have loved you:
To have boldly committed every learned mistake
every risk, every death,
more than willing
To have loved you:
To have let you carve your name across my breasts
my virgin chest
bleeding
To have loved you:
To have rooted my feet on the ground whilst you speak
tales of leaving
To have loved you:
With fervent heart, intrepid soul,
Skin on skin, mark and mole,
Misty breath, pale-lit bone,
To have loved you:
With the only great love that can bear
to let go.
2009
