A Love That Tethers

You spend the evening remembering
Lazy recollections of a lighter side
A certain timeless connection with
A lurking crossroad state of mind

You’ve taken flight
You’re avoiding it
You picked a side and we
We ran the course until
You closed your eyes

Sleep

You wake up without the memory
Precision lost in a hasty return
It takes a while to reassemble the words
And it hurts

You changed your mind
Made a choice to stay
You picked a side and we
We keep moving