Here is where
the high desert meets the long valley
where
the sun sinks into the fat of the yellow marrow
where
the blood cells replace the blood cells
in an endless loop of time
and an endless loop of life
and an endless loop of death
where
your absence is still noticed
as it wakes me from a deep sleep
where
the memory of your life still creates a soft
and bottomless canyon
in the chambers of my heart
where
the light still escapes
through the tiny holes you created
Here is where
I keep you.