her arms were mine

I went searching 

Across the North Sea

Under Scandinavian skies

In the water

And all I found was blue

I searched the places where the memories clung

Thick in the air, warm and heavy

Pieces small as grains of sand

But sand was all I found beneath my feet

I wandered the streets of the city where I thought we’d meet 

Searching the faces of strangers

And corners of bars

And bottoms of drinks

I was looking for you

I never thought I’d hear 

The words for which I’d so longed

And when they came

For when you came looking 

I had gone

And something I did not intend

Across the oceans

Hidden in corners

In all the places I thought I’d find you

A night so deep it should have swallowed me whole

But instead I danced

With the sparkle in an unfamiliar eye

That lit the place of disappearance

And her arms were mine

Were you to reach

Then I would slip

Further into this newfound madness

And there all I would find

The best thing you left me

Your absence