November 9th, 2017

Mollie Composite by Julie F. Hedges (c) 2016, 2017

Eyes in the Back

Eyes in the Back of my
Head
Peer into old rooms where I grew up;
Fraught face, benign and plaintive. Sighing
Splintered grooves, worn out records of my youth.
How did I get Here?

Western twilight chill; Still
Sun flees in deep sadness. Sky cries naked colors,
Screams the canopy of Night. Silver eyes
Pierce, pinch and claw when Light is gone.
Happens every day.

I can't bear the thought of taking our last breath together
Or each of us alone when
We came to Love each other. 
How did I know that you would love me?
Where we both wandered before we met. 

Our language crossed borders, species, silent cinematography;
Neural images weaving tapestries across Time. We 
Loved in slices; my snapshot of You.
Some photographs gone, sacred moments uncaptured.
Some framed, others wrinkled and wet.

Never picture what you smell like or
Sound like - single breath, silent shiver
Curling into bed. Tender bump in precious sleep.
Words, whispers, bleating snore. Songs together;
Your footsteps, I still hear.

If ever a lifetime of Love - 
Tenderest piece of me reserved only for you.
Artifact Hair excavated months after you'd gone; Spirals me into
Vicious swells, sobbing oceans, brief minstrel of who You are.
I carry You. Here -
Inside of me.

JFH (c) 11.9.2017

Dedicated to Mollie Valentine Hedges, My FUREVER Love. February 18, 2003 to March 11, 2016
Run In Paradise, Mollie Bug-face Bear!!!