just a whisper

it takes just a whisper;
the shape of moving lips,
the smell of your words
and the sibilance of your longing
to bring me back to life.

i will collect your tears
and return each one to you
like a lost child coming home again;
but we will say nothing when we reunite,
only knowing of lifetimes past
and futures wanting.

it will only take a whisper
to bring me near like an autumn wind;
the one which takes your love away
and sends him back as a memory
of a warm body in an empty bed.