Words Worth

For weeks I scrolled

through the photos on my phone

for images of you

I would post these 

on my instagram 

page

story

reels

on repeat

for fear if I didn't

somehow it would all

disappear

Lionel love forever

I would listen to your meows

in the videos 

I now happily hoard

relish every howling octave 

that echo in the place where you had been

I hold a heart shaped weighted pillow

and envision you

trotting out from the Esalen forest 

my compassionate friend

offering wisdom

comfort

and

grace.

I did not want to write poetry

for nothing I would say

would bring you back to me

you are my Sir Lionel Words worth

without you

words

have

no

worth

But still

for you

I persist

for you

I am opening

 as Comfort

finds me

slips in

all sleek and onyx 

and 

I find the Grace

of soft silver

linings

in simple things

I will never run out of words for you

always have poems

to pounce

on

and pages

to hold

all the love

ten plus infinity

 lifetimes

worth

Lionel - love of my life.  

NaPoWriMo  Day 30

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