Wind

What I never understood about separation
Was how we seemed to long for the loneliness.
We exclude ourselves from the universe for a while
And hope that when we pick ourselves back up.
We will find a way to laugh again.
We will try to put every single word in the right place.

You always told me you had such a hard time.
You said you floated through this past year,
And always shed tears.
I don’t want any of that for you.
I can’t shed one drop, so let me take your tears.
I feel like I’m sinking, so let me float along with you.
I know I can ground you, keep your head from the heavens.
I feel the breathlessness between us;
Not shared, but understood.

• Links -

To Fold a Man into Nothing: https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/739nxx/to_fold_a_man_into_nothing/dnorciu/

Acute Grief-Lanturne #1: https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/739m29/acute_grieflanturne_1/dnorx8x/