Did you know
How much
I loved you?
Did you know
I could not look
At you - Without
A smile blooming
Onto my face
With the force
Of a dozen fish
In the sea?
Did you know
When you died
The world fell
From underneath
My leaden feet?
The sobs
Tumbled from my
Crooked lips
And sunk down
Into the dirt
Along with
Your sweet corpse?
I could not write
My hands stiffened
And became
Thick witted
With morosity?
I could not find
Myself
Even though
I took lanterns
And went searching
Though you
Lie dormant
In your
Alabaster Chamber
Do not know
I love you,
Emily