“Sunlight on Your Skin”

I drew a sun of light to breathe life back into our love.
I painted the sky with the eternal colors of your passion: violet, black, and yellow.
I sketched a garden of flowers to remind us of our first kiss.
I dropped a bucket of lilies into the ocean, creating a new scent for you.
I remodeled the room where our bodies first met,
the sacred place of our first embrace.

I bought a round-trip ticket to the country you always dreamed of visiting.
I brought you 365 roses to honor the day I first laid my eyes on you.

Every act of devotion speaks
of a love that was never common,
a love that refuses to vanish.
Each gesture, every thought,
is proof that our love was unbroken.
If these memories are all we have left,
then let them be beautiful enough to carry us through the years.

Even after the absence,
the betrayal,
the silence,
my heart still chooses you,
hoping our love could find its way back home,
to the place where you and I first learned how to dream.