Dad still in his apartment
Mom in the house
changing things to make it hers
not theirs
When I feel the stairs
like they've always been
I wonder when "theirs"
turned in to his and hers
when "ours"
went out the window
was it when Dad started sleeping
in the office
or when the tree came down
or when Dad moved away?
I miss them, I miss them
not Dad or Mom
but
Dad and Mom