Fossils

Fossils

Finding traces of you everywhere I turn

Fossils left by the great flood of yearn

Pieces of conversations that we shared

Fragments of exploits that we dared

Like thirst in a desert, mine is colossal

Think I see an oasis, but it’s only a fossil

I thought I heard you call my name just the other night

Caught a vision of you in my memory’s sight

Remember that shopping trip where we played like models

I found those scarves today, like dinosaur fossils

Oh, and a memory popped up on my Facebook feed

I laughed so hard. I think I peed.

We were as tight as lips in brothels

Now all that’s left are memories like fossils

But I’m thankful for these little pieces of you

And for these fossils, even though they make me blue

They are evidence of your life and of our love

Like kisses sent down from heaven above