Between the Lines

in the dustiest of hard corners
in the tenderest of loneliest places
in the intersection of weeping blameless hearts
where the skyless sea shares nothing with me
circle the memories vivid and dim
forgiving and unforgiving
erase all traces of what you came to be
let the faintest shadows escape
to the saving place of shadows embracing
in the space of what might have been
but never was

JPPestana
Between the Lines
1.29.2020