uncovering the echoes

lover, they will shout our names
into a hollow sky now that
this is over. now that you
unplugged your heart's amplifier
and we are silent. lover,

you will never again lay beside me
with a heartbeat as loud as the dawn's
persistence of a new day, peeking
through my window pane. lover,

we were too lazy to wake up,
open the window and let all of
the light in. lover,

we found ourselves in the fold
of sheets while ironing out each other's
mistakes. we danced to unwritten songs
and hummed the melodies. we uncovered
falling stars in the clear midnight sky
of my bedroom. lover,

now that we are silent, i will
never again dream technicolor daydreams
or suffer sleepless nights for fantasy. i will
no longer seek diamonds in the shadows
of your absence. lover,

i will gnaw on the hunger we craved.