Absence of Love

You must know that I will never forget you
You are now an obscure memory
One that I choose to visit occasionally
It no longer pains me to remember the times we spent together
And you must know that I will never forget you
For you were my first love
You were the one who taught my heart how to beat in rhythm with yours
The one who took the air out of my lungs with every breathtaking moment
The one who caused my cheeks pain from smiles spread too wide across my face
When you left
My heart forgot how to beat
My lungs refused to let in air
And my cheeks ached to be spread thin
You must know that I will never forget you
I will never forget the way my knees collapsed to the ground when you left
Or the way I had to check if my heart was still beating
And for a while, I had to painfully force air through my lungs
And you must know that I will never forget you
For you were my first love
And with the absence of your love
You taught me the most important lesson;
You taught me that in the absence of external love
Internal love shines through your being like a stain glass window