The Republic of Heaven

You were my Heaven.

I died the day you pressed that fruit to my lips.

I died the day you climbed on top of my hips

And showed me a feeling I never knew before.

I died and I went to Hell

And you were there, and it turned into Heaven.

And the darkest corners and hottest fires

Were illuminated and inundated

With pulsing, gorgeous, forever Love.

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You were my everything.

I wanted and needed nothing else,

No world, no Knife, no family,

Nothing but you and your love, here,

Together, knowing it would last forever,

Like our heartbeats pressed closer, closer,

Until there was no more distance and

We melded into one another,

So close, so perfect, so Right,

Like the end of a sad movie

Or the beginning of the world.

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You were my Someone,

My Everyone, my daemon

In human form, but yourself,

Beautifully yourself, Lyra,

So strong yet so fragile,

So sure yet uncertain,

You. Yourself. I could see You

Like I knew you forever,

But you still surprised me

Every moment, every day.

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You were my Heaven.

But the World needs Heaven too

You were my World.

But there's nothing I can do...

I guess there's no God

So now who can I blame?

It's weird how our love

And its end feel the same.

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And now everything our last.

Last kiss last words last time

Last chance to say something,

Anything, nothing should end

The way our beautiful love,

kiss love words sex words kiss,

And the love remains forever.

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First love first time first loss

Next time...there won't be a next.

There won't be another, just You,

In all your grace and splendor...

You were my Heaven...

And every day without you

Turns routine into Hell.

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Your eyes your hands your face

Your tear suspended forever

As Time stops to mourn our loss

My love my heart my world,

All ending in the blink of your eye

But first you led me to the bench,

Hands held tight like threads intertwined,

And gave me your last gift, last smile,

Before the Fates snipped our thread

And our hands fell apart, undone.

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Broken heart broken Knife broken smile

So close yet worlds apart,

I close the window, turn away

Locking your face in memory,

Forever. Often, sometimes,

I remember you always,

Never letting you go.

My dad said we must build

our Heaven where we are,

Because there is no elsewhere.

You were my Heaven.