Yes, I am afraid I love it here,

Yes,
I am afraid I love it here,
here, where your arms
caress mine like petals,
here, where your breath
dews across the nape of my neck,
here, where your memories
lay framed along my drawers,
here…where your scent
blankets every corner of my room,
here, where your garments
lay in delicate piles by my bedside,
here,where your mornings
have decorated my sink….

Why yes,
I am afraid I love it here,
here, where your declarations of love
continue to resound
and echo throughout my walls.

Yes,
I am afraid I love it here,
here, where the heater
has developed cobwebs,
here, where the smellof smoke
has filled the room,
here, where memories
have been stored away,
here, where sinks lay bare
and mirrors have cracked,
here, where prescriptions bottles
sit with their lids undone,
here, where clothes
have littered the ground,

Why yes,
I am afraid I love it here,
here, where your declarations of love
continue to resound
and echo throughout my walls.