Flashback

A poem inspired by 12 Days

Flashback

You sat in the empty laundry room

Staring at the mesmerizing cycle

Without a glance at my face

Your eyes, looking slightly ashamed

Those words, from the lips I kissed

"I was thinking about baby names."

Flashback

Upon the roof

Basking in the club afterglow 

Seeing you after 8 years

A cigarette between 

my lips

And a lighter ready at hand

Those words, from the lips I learned all over again

"You can't kiss me if you smoke like that."

Flashback

Shy glances as the frying pan simmered

You hummed and sang

Those foreign words I could not understand

To time our dinner to perfection.

Flashback

Silent and fulfilled 

Minutes after our secret frivolous activity

And a mere half hour before our argument

Those words, from your lips

Whose wish I could not grant

"I want to have your child."

Flashback 

Sitting in the backseat of a taxi

Your hair, a river spilling on my shoulder

With soft breath

Those words, from betraying lips

"I'm getting married."

Flashback

A car crash before your honeymoon.

I didn't go to the wedding. 

Flashback

You said, lips slightly turned up

With an air of romanticism 

"Queen Artemisia drank her husband's ashes

To become his living urn."

And now

Forgive me

As I forgave you

Though now your lips are ashes

I will drink you. 

Author's Note

I decided to use the same concept as the poem "Blue is the Warmest Color"...but instead of being inspired by the title, this is written through the inspiration of the actual story of the graphic novel "12 Days."