Next to your memory

You belong in the rain next to me
Right in the storm where we were at peace
Right in my arms is where you should hide
The same very place you once hid in with pride.

You belong in the books next to me
Right in the shelves where we were at peace
Right in my hand is where you should rest
The same very place you once rested a mess.

You belong in love with me
Where we met so instantly
Right in the midst of your eyes
I still dream of at night
Right in the center
of what I still know right.

You belong
Where we met.
Next to me.

You belong
Where you sat
Next to me.

I belong
Next to you.
Next to you.
Next to you.

Right there against you in peace.
How I miss your embrace
And loathe my release.

How I die knowing
Where I belong next to you
Is farther than I can manage to reach.