Naoe’s Haikus Part II

Clinking spoons in cups

Bowls from ages long ago

Coffee was once new

Once, we were here. But,

Those days of peace are long gone

Only I remain

What if I am left

Behind with only your ghost

Haunt me forever

Fog on the mountains

The sea nearby but unseen

Joy in the quiet

Death’s eternal sleep

Seems welcome if we could have

A few more good dreams

Moonlit windowpane

your shadow almost reaches

my outstretched fingers

Warmth on stolen sheets

my hands remembering you

better than my words

Your breath on my neck

a ghost I still arch toward

in the dark, wanting

Consume my body

Let your lips trace all of me

Until I am yours

We undress our grief

skin learning the quiet truth

that all flesh must fade