For Ed

(The words in quotes are Ed Sheeran song titles.) "Remember the name" you loved to repeat? "Kiss me" again on Piccadilly Street. Smell the "supermarket flowers---" lilies, roses, and such. "Take me back to London," where our "shirtsleeves" would touch. Two "hands of gold" framed with silk sunshine, clinking together our glasses of wine... "The hills of Aberfeldy" were never so green with "a perfect duet" of "the joker and the queen." Now, from our "castle on the hill," you aim each dart. Could you find a kinder "way to break my heart?" "I see fire" raging in every half-truth. Is "this" the end of us, or just "the end of youth?" "All of the stars" and "1000 nights" were witness to some incredible sights... "One" "perfect" "photograph" beside Big Ben... Now a picture torn, in need of a mend. Our still life moments have seen "happier" days. I can't "stop the rain" of "salt water" haze. "Shivers" surround me like the windy, grey sky. "Sycamore" leaves flap fast but never fly. Your coat, your lips, the blame---"put it all on me" in public view like "overpass graffiti." "Bad habits" lead to a thousand "first time(s)," "a beautiful game," and a thousand new rhymes. I see the "shape of you" in each "dusty" leaf. My eyes search the ground, drowning with grief. "Life goes on" without a yawn or a dream. The "spark" of my heart is in your "bloodstream." "Don't" "cross me" out of snapshots, in hopes to forget. The "best part of me" will change all regret. 8-23-2023