Shower
Forgetting you
is a constant meditation
and I’ve never been good at it
Would you’ve liked
sharing earrings
now that I have a piercing?
About the person
you make come,
are you as drawn to them?
Is our red stain
still on the carpet
by your bed?
The water pressure
slides your body
behind my eyelids
Water pours over my skin
remembers your tongue
Tears are your touch
Melting into your shape
Water boils
wishing it could be flesh
Never as good as you were,
Hands blushing from the tremble,
Linger between your ankles,
Shadows kissed into light,
Claws letting go,
Expectations choked out,
Limits caressed to expand.
Our bodies see,
Witnessing who we are
Dissolving into the lake
When connection gives space
Ears hear without listening
Nothing would change
Pace turned into storm
Fear and faith shaped us
We had it all,
but it was not ours to keep.
I rationalize
how I fell out of love
Oblivious
that I never chose
to fall for you.
That’s just
something
in the way we were made.
