Going Away, But Not To Exit Poem by Janine Alyssa Navarro

Notice how I’m drawing my footsteps
outside your door, in case you wonder
where it is I might head.

I counted the hairs on your head
how intricate and magical
as they brushed upon my eager skin.

You were then sound asleep
exhaling breathes that of a sweet child
I wanted to steal you, but didn’t.

I’m going away but not to exit;
soon I shall be the perfect human
for me, for you, for us.

For now you’re cradled with my hopes
I sprinkled them with extra melodies
in case you long to embrace my voice.

Think of me, remember me always;
for now we shall part
only to be reunited, eternally as one soul.