2:26


in response to lines by Chelsea Wardlaw

the things i could do
were only

vision,

division,

indecision.

i could

only watch
your fingers
which seemed to say

that everything would be
‘ok’
as you looked into the sun
and hummed that tune
you always sing

and the scent of smoke
trailing off your fingers

lingered long after you left

you are always going

and i am caught yawning

looking the wrong way

or not knowing which words

are the ones i should say

to give you

what i couldn’t

- Troy Urquhart