Lost in Gray Wallpaper

7/1/15

i.
I breathe you into me,
inhale your ghost into my lungs
so I will never forget
how you felt.

ii.
Your presence lingers
in my doorway,
and you stain my walls
with your ashes,
but the wallpaper is already
too many shades of smoke.

iii.
I exhale
memories
of you.