Portrait of a Belated Love

light from the thermostat
blue-green and cold
rests on your cheeks, your nose,
so beautifully,
i want to remember you forever,
your straight black lashes, hidden
amid your shadowy lids,
in the gray dawn i
go deep into your eyes,
dark and watery
like caves by the seaside,
your delicate wrists and
the pigment etched
in your fingertips,
even your hazy memory
will just stay in my heart,
from this cloudy night
until i'm no longer alive.