For Amelia

The scientists tell us:

every seven years 

our bodies destroy 

and regenerate each cell. 

I have known you in many lives, 

each piece of me has loved 

each piece of you. 

But.  

In a few years, my darling, 

I will have shed every part of me 

that you have touched. 

I will be completely new- 

someone you have never known. 

I wonder, 

will these new cells be oblivious 

to your absence? 

Or will they too learn to ache 

with your loss- 

the void they have never 

seen filled?
I cannot imagine a life
spent not missing
You.