Destination not Decoration

Dare I become a decoration on your mantel

I will haunt you until your days are with mine

I don’t desire a downward smirk in passing

As I watch your living room life fly by

I need to leave you a place where you don’t have to smile

Where you don’t have to pretend you’re thinking of me

Where only I and all your grief is on your mind

I crave picnic dates with a journal written in tear stains

Summer flowers and holidays not alone for once

Salty rain drops when there’s a storm

I already feel your footprints in the deep snow

And hear crinkled leaves when the veil is low

During this time I’ll give an extra hello..

Please remember to look around as I surround you

Stop facing low

Don’t keep your head bowed

I’ll find more respect from the present of your presence in the moment

Look for a butterfly yellow in color

Or a bird that’s too friendly or a wind too strong

And when the weather starts rumbling in the distance yet the air is thick and calm

My favorite ambiance will help us bond

For the sun won’t call it quits just yet and will soon spotlight the leaves I’ve always loved

When your eyes meet the tree’s lightened green stamped against the cloud’s dark grey

Prepare for what’s to come

Because the sun will give up

And you’re allowed to with

Your weakness is the strength of my memory

Please don’t forget to share it with me

I rather see the sun’s rays disappear on your puffy eyes

than the lamp turn off at night

I’d rather feel the release of a loved ones sky

Than hear the crack of another 5 o clock can

Can you please

Please

Visit me with intention

You’ll witness the real me for

Im not a decoration

.. I’m a destination