The scent of sunflowers in summer: coda

[dukealien]

the stars struggle against the clouds tonight and
awkwardly,  well-placed line breaks which enforce awkwardness on the reading
we stare at anything but each other. 

--the end wasn't supposed to be so undefined  despite its formality, suggest "was not" in place of "wasn't" to improve rhythm:  this line should move quickly

two almost-adults grasping for adult words, 
because the puff puff pass that has come 
to be our language can no longer describe  looking for a better word than "describe" but none comes to mind - "define?"

"the end of an era," you finally say.  good period, and fitting use of cliche

--in a different age, in a different life
--if you weren't so laissez faire consider a hyphen, and italics (laissez-faire) to indicate foreign language
--and i wasn't so complicated here the contraction is perfect

i might've needed you to be happy not capitalizing "[I]" here is understandable, but is it actually a good idea?  Open question.
but i don't need to be happy.  this couplet is devastating - well done.

we share no tears, no hugs, no goodbyes. an adjective before "goodbyes" might work, but broken rhythm is also effective
only a twisted thick acknowledgment  could eliminate "a" here, but again its presence fits the voice
of the history that has come to pass through us. same with "the" here.  Could replace the moderately cliche "come to pass" with "passed"

Although this is Intensive, I hesitate to suggest many changes (and the above are onlly suggestions, mostly).  It's a very effective piece describing emotional states.  If there's any overall critique, it would be that the title and first line images are not supported or echoed elsewhere in the body - symptomatic of telling rather than showing.

Liked it!  Thanks for posting.