Effervescent

effervescent
in your presence
i escape through a pinhole and billow,
small puffs of smoke, up and through and in
and suddenly, i am with you again

Continuum

i'm still stuck inside
incapacitated by the sensation of paralysis
by the loudest sound i never heard
because i couldn't make-
it
-weighs down
churning
dipped in
copper pots of molten
spirits
grandeur impressions
preserved photographs; the corners folding over, tiny waves of intuition
scraps of paper- the notion that you are only mine
your name
transcendent captivation of one single inhalation of your essence
essentially all i ever want

banishing the inevitable
coaxing Time along to take that memory with Him
go on, i've no use for it
it pains me to revoke that
uncanny lightness in the air; it lingers for days, nestled in my forehead
the trace of you is left on me
the hint, retained in my nostril
until you have left and I struggle to inhale deep
up until my temples pound
constant warming
struggling to remember

and i am left

wanting
to
guard
every
last
ounce of you
away deep inside me
where noone can take you away
even if i ask them to