to Ashes

Speak louder

than the words before

you. 

The days continue in a haze. The sun shines brighter than you remembered, the waters sparkle in a deeper blue than you could imagine. We lay staring into the waves, mesmerized, as he relearned your names and your place in his heart. Later, as the evening cooled off and became a Friday night in the city, you cradled a tiny being mere days in the world and forgot you ever had a life anywhere else. It would have been your grandmother's birthday today. It's your first time back without visiting her but your laugh still rings of her sentiment. 

The streets are quiet when you return to your temporary home on the other side of town, but the sky is still blue, the air still sweet with flowers. 

Life is overwhelming sometimes, and you still don't know who you are in it.