I’d done it before—losing that feeling that came in the door when my love walked through, that the ground I was standing on wasn’t quite steady and the world was spinning the other way—but he loves me back this time, so now guiltily solid, I watch as he shakes, head over heels with that feeling I'm losing and painfully, I remember when both our axes tilted right instead of left, when earthquakes followed our footsteps.
I'm scared that time and circumstances are driving me away from the person I love most in this world.