hourglass

Time is pressing into me
leaving all these weird indentions
like a shirt that’s too tight.
constricting my heart
my lungs
until i can’t even breathe.
Its in these moments that i miss you most
i remember those quiet times
when you would lay with me
your forehead against my neck
your arms wrapped around me
and our legs in a dizzy tangle.
How safe and warm and loved I felt.
and even though it was all an illusion
I would give almost anything to go back there
to be safe from the cruelty of time.
to be warm without this chill in my heart.
and to be loved by you once again.