I crept through
The way summer
Lapsed like a
Quick reaction
My sinuses rejecting
Foreign objects

You stayed planted
In the pacing emptiness of
Our home
I could have
Come back to the same scene
At anytime

While I slowly walked through
The way that the hills
Sloped through
Curving around
Cascade fault lines

I forgot how to
Find the simple ideology
Of breathing
Enough
When living in fear
Of existing on the same
Latitude as we used to

I am no longer home
I am capsized
Cannot grasp
Cling
Ingest
The same
Ease

I just let the dark
Winding roads
Where our song plays
Habitually
Droning out the white noise
Over and over again
Until my nerves stabilize

Who said loving me
Wasn't going to become a balancing act
When you met me
I couldn't even sit down
I couldn't think of anything
Except
“Today, try not to drown”