Survival

You are lingering in my cells

You haven’t left at all

As life unfolds day by day

I have yet even less to say

I have forgotten to smile

Mechanical is this life

My mind plays tricks on me

As I feel you looking down on me

Am I strong or just in denial

I see no tears pour down anymore

Something tells me I am okay mentally

But there’s that part of me that knows reality

A few more days before I embark

To go embrace the air you left

To breathe in the scents surrounding the sand

I will breathe you in as soon as I land

Forgive me if I slack at my correspondence

As my mind sets aside thoughts of you

One needs to survive as best as they can

Even if it means building a dam