My love language

The language I learned to love in,

Is no longer uttered on my lips

It has no recipient

It has no end

Sometimes, by mistake when I speak

In your language and sing your songs

I catch my heart skipping beats

And dreaming of love songs

And a life that I once dreamt of

Is faded like words washed away on a piece of

Paper erased in time

Like an insult, if your name is uttered

It exists neither here nor there,

No pride, no love, no gain

Numb to your love and name

A reflex perhaps

The words I learned to love in

Remind me that once upon a time

You were mine

I halt my heart and remember to not love you

In your language or mine

Because those words

That twists the rs and ys

Insisting the I’s

Remind me of every conversation

I had with you when

I joined the r’s, y’s and I’s

As I rested my lips on your lips

The words rolled away from my tongue

To form the words

That I only uttered where I ended and you began