Catching Lilies

White sash, keeping close the
Secrets tucked into your waist
Thin as grass, swaying tall
Graceful even motionless;
Sandy dust on an eastern shore
Brushes your feet, your train
Shallow prints in changing grooves
Memories forever intact in film.

You're smiling
Smiling so wide, like you
Used to back when things were good--
Whole, beautiful, right.
Back when things made sense.
Never thought I would
See that again.

I miss you, missing you
Keeps me sane sometimes
Gives me something to cling to
(Purpose, if you will)
You're that unattainable beacon
That ribbon that just slipped
Through outstretched, grasping hands
The one we lost
In a turbulent sea
And never will regain.

I miss you.
A bond lies shattered
Fragments on the floor
Held fast by resentment
In your old house tonight.
I miss you...
Come home.