“You are gone,
and I do not know what to do with
all these stories you have left
everywhere inside me—
they are under my skin,
between my ribcage
and inside my heart.
During the day,
they destroy my body from within
as you shaped cyclones.
At night, they turn into fireflies,
and your memories light up my bones.”
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