Distilled memories,
pure like running water
from under her mascara line
falling over her melanin lips.
Her whimpers were blips
like short breaths
longing for a grin
and I called her Ivory.
Ivory lit my way like the moon
by way of the sun,
the passing on of grace,
an unborrowed time shared.
Hollow be her name
in my chest weightless
as she is no burden on me
while I curve her grief.
-Jg

