I Imagine

as I lie alone I imagine your arms,
scared with the unsatisfying cures
to life's pain, I trace the tattoo
from your right arm with my mind
the picture blurred behind my tears;

the walls of regret close in on my
troubled soul as I whisper I love you
to the heavens, my last words
push me closer to my own crumbling edge,
justification is my death in disguise;

your last cigarette taunts me, a reminder
of the familiar whisked away on the calm
before the storm, the eerie quiet instills
a fear like the fear of a dream hidden
in the depths of your kiss; I imagine.