Lost Words

I am quieted inside myself

by the thought of you

by the memory

of the taste

of a mouth

that is no longer

at the breathe of my own

I am owned

by the soft whisper

of your voice

echoed

softly like oceans in shells

at my ears

you have been here

to this place that is

my heart

and I long to have you

to feel you home

you are a savior

in my days of Christ

the consummate companion

in my journey

and I am lost without you

tonight I sleep

again without our bond

and I ache

in all the places

that I am human

for the ghost of you

that haunts my skin

I will be for you

all that you have been

I offer these mere words as promise

which I know cannot hold this wait..

but I live knowing

what must be returned

so that i may find my way

so that you may

fall freely into arms

that ache to hold you