I wrote about you
leaving me(.)
alone. The other day
I wanted to say that
“I love you”
but I forgot halfway through
if I did or not.

When I think about
what we really are
humans, two white humans
man and woman
brown and yellow
hazel and sapphire
how are we so different?
We both are creatures made of paper
bound together with ropes of letters against a rock
awaiting the whale.

But
if you were the same as me, you'd have scars in the same places as me
along your neck, your left leg
your heart. You would remember
the trees along the train tracks
the overpass
how the wind and the gravel and the dark wrapped around you and you forgot to let go of the gate

love is a four letter word that fits into a five letter (heart) one
heart is a five letter word that fits into a three letter (you) one
you is a three letter word that fits into a two letter (me) one
“I love
-”