Beneath a Milky Moon

Then: Desire enveloped us, stoking fierce passions, beneath a milky moon, your abandoned kisses, left me breathless, under a starlit sky, love silenced our nights, a serene peace settling, filling empty desolation, at rest at long last, your presence my final abode, each caress rich with hope. Now: your absence is felt, each day, every night, throttling my dreams, crawling inside a void, my crumbling heart weary, knowing you may never return, all promises lay strewn, like quiet wilting flowers, brushing against my thoughts, defeated by your love, my tortured breathing, is shallow, agonising, slow, each memory a jagged ache, knowing you left, a thousand moons ago.