So Is He
After death I learned there was no reason to be afraid The distance between us was only a door a road a little weather we had mistaken for forever When I was alive I loved him in shadows A shoulder against mine in the dark a hand lingering too long at the doorway His shirt on the chair beside my bed I took what love he gave me like a cigarette held it between my fingers watched it burn watched the smoke disappear I thought there would be another There wasn’t Now I can walk beside him without anyone seeing I can say his name without lowering my voice I can stand beneath the enormous western sky and admit the simple thing: I love him Until my last breath released and then a little further What a waste all those years spent wanting what was already ours Fear was the only thing that ever se...