At the peak of our love
there was no one left to capture it

the world had sunk in memories
my heart had started to float

it was my first time
meeting someone i had always known

it was my first time
swimming in an ocean that felt like home

i wondered how effortless it all was...

the girl from my dreams
had woken up

the innocence of her beauty

she was overflowing
full of promise,
brokenness,
and pain

my memory typewrites
emotions from that night
our hearts sitting next to each other
teasing at boundaries we weren't ready to cross

i often wondered
what it was

did she care for me?
did she feel the same?
did it matter?
we weren't even there

still, i often wondered
what it meant

a beautiful painting
cast on shifting clouds
how was i to accept
a moment forever lost
in a landscape beyond time

oh the vital signs...

of reaching,
for something beyond ourselves
reaching, reaching, reaching,
for something beyond acquaintance