you didn't
love me
enough
to
leave me
alone

you betrayed
me
when you said
“we”

moments of
clarity
that bear
no fruit

the look in
your eyes
that i thought
was
the truth

Look at them,
building worlds,
imagining realities.

See adventures,
through their eyes,
finding immortality.

All the little poets,
word for word,
page for page, they hop.

Like many little gods,
dreaming with no stops.

Fog writes you in,
hair a shifting font,
clothes, a quiet hearth —
the street braids itself around you.





.

I envy the sunlight
gently kissing
your skin
in the morning

I envy the birds
singing to you
their chirps slipping
into your ears

I envy it all
for I cannot hold you
nor will my voice
ever reach you