Love you through the Darkness

Cloth tears, the
Velvet curtain of my mind,
Ripples. Thoughts of
You, are like tiny fingers
Pulling at the hem of my
Skirt. Like a big kid, a
Bully, I ignore them.
Deep breaths, sharp,
Quick, like clipping winds.
I tell myself to breathe,
But my breath starts to push
Aside that dark curtain
And suddenly I wish my
Lungs would still themselves,
My lips would turn blue
(like the blue raspberry lollipops I love so much),
And my skin would turn cold, like
Your hands in the mornings, or
Ice cubes, or snowflakes…
And suddenly, I think of you,
Though I’ve been trying not to.
That little curtain now seems so
Feeble. And suddenly,
Certainly, I know, I will
Love you through this
Darkness.