I am suspended cold sterile liquid neither corpse or living phantom-dreaming you were the warmth transmitted through a window pane major third vocals over an A minor E minor progression the wet of anticipation after the lightest of rains vibrant greens to match the magnetic resonance of your brown eyes I carry this sadness tucked in the left pocket of my heart I carry this loss in the heaviness of my brow in the clamped helplessness of my jaw I tighten my hands trying to hold the softness of your curls escaping through my fingers Time is so indifferent to the ever-growing gap of nothingness that expands within my chest this black hole feeds on my grief feeds on your absence What kind of a beast pulls you from this soil where you belonged, to so many and so many belonged to you a tapestry of life interrupted senseless cruelty forever pain and to think my only shelter is mom...