I'm doing everything
We said we'd do
Together.
(What a horrible word, together)

Taking the trips,
Swimming in the lakes,
Yes, I swam in a lake.
More like a river...
But I did it
Without you.

Visited Mt. Scott,
Saw the longhorns,
Drove the exact same routes
As last spring.
Without you.

Funny how fate is so cruel
That I'm thrown back to
Exactly where we were.
Were.
Still past tense, still painful.
Still facing ghosts, still facing memories
Exact replication of what was.

Here I am, stuck in the in-between.
And you, where are you?

Gone, my ghost. Off to haunt someone else.