October in January

I recall the time
all your loves
gathered-
in variant grays

a yellow flower
in your suit pocket

a reminder of me
for when you go
but to stay and wither
with you, forevermore

with each fist of sand
granule by granule
I watched them fall
with you, forevermore
we wept for dirt walls
which beckon you home

I shall not want
what cannot be
but this, a plea,

don't forget me