In a world where a single gaze could empty your memory,
I wonder,
If you would still look up at me?
Not to remember,
but to choose?
Eye to eye. Hand in hand.
Between us, a mamihlapinatapai
A look heavy with everything
we are too afraid to begin.
Would you lift your head proudly,
knowing what it costs,
just to prove your love for me?
Would you let your lips curve into that small, brave smile
as your memories loosen
falling like quiet teeth from a comb,
one by one,
until nothing remains
but the orbit of my amber gold eyes?
Heart to heart. Eye to eye.
Where not only your heart,
but your mind learns my name
and forgets all others.
Would you say I am yours
even when the world calls it a loss,
even when no grave can hold you down
as you crawl home to me?
In a world where everyone is afraid to lose themselves,
would you give yourself
just to see me once more?
Just to remember the way I smile,
how tiny wrinkles form at the corners of my face.
Would you give everything
not to keep me
but simply
to experience me?
Written by: Ee Shuen
Edited by: Amberlyn
