story so familiar

as promise given
soul to soul
as sunlight to the shadows
would for the truth
I burst
into a flame
and leave my mark
of cinder saved
charcoal etched to memory
how could I know
the rest of me
was you

before the past
is ever passed
as futures to remember
a moment there
pretending not to be
a breath in time
but I confess
forever stretched to fill it
a thought to reach
across the times between

eternity
a place began
by whispers sworn to silence
dare I speak
and hear your voice again
words can never garner
a story so familiar

you close your eyes
and I resign to sleep