Searching

Where should I look for us

I sometimes sit and think

Where did we go

Are we in that place that sinks

Beneath the stars and in the sea

In our half remembered dreams

We never got to see

A penumbra of love

That's all I have

A shadow of a shadow of an empty cave

Like that time you gave me

A weak side hug, and

I got in my car

I drove home

I tried to pretend, but

I knew though

I yelled, and yelled, and yelled, and no one was there to hear

So maybe I can find us in that little space between our hands

As we pet that soft dog, and we pretend we don't exist

Sometimes it's better to pretend, to forget each time we kissed

Or maybe I can find us in that little pause

Before I answered "no"

When you asked me

"Are you okay?"

I think I can find us here though

In tired teary memories of happier nights

When I could look in your eyes

And still find us