“Mississippi”

You were music, 

water, wind and

all that is ethereal

in the world 

I wear your heart

proudly on my wrist,

when it gets dark

I kiss it for Grace

whatever it is your soul

was made out of 

I can smell it on me 

with you, in the river, 

I sing about love 

I miss your heart

and I thank the earth

for your brief existence.

ML, May ‘25.