Did you wait

Did you wait

Just for a moment

Look back

One last time

Lingering, uncertain

Nervous fingertips

Gently brushing

My cheek

Feathering my lips

Did I flinch

Eyelids fluttering

In the half light

When you kissed my forehead

As I kissed yours

So many times before

Heart rate quickening

As it always did

Did you smile

As you turned to stand

Were you slow

To walk away

Lead unsteadily

Into the light

Did you cry

Did I

Was a comforter

Draped around your shoulders

A transitional object

With a familiar smell

Were you sad

That I did not wake

To see you go

As sad as I

Was you left

As I slept

And we never got to say

Goodbye