The One Who Lives in My Mind

 the midday sun blazed high above,

and somewhere nearby, a crab and a lion

kept their silent watch.

cancer and leo, two signs

turning the light a little warmer,

the air a little heavier.

but i wasnt looking for warmth.

i was looking for you.

mercury swift, unseen

always somewhere just beyond reach,

hiding in places the heavens left unwritten.

you, the one who understood

when no one else even tried.

you, the one who pulled me free

from the wreckage of something poisonous.

you, who stood there when I was left

by the ones I thought would never go.

since wednesday past,

your shadow lingers in my thoughts

each hour stitching your name

into the quiet.