To affirm

all these even spaces
in between
of where once
were you and me

all these precious traces
of us
we wipe convincingly
fingerprints free

every little breath
we draw in inspiration
each tender sigh and ragged cry
are made into an idiosyncrasy

of compulsive even spaces
between affirmation and deniability

one last trial
this mourning
for crushed expired moments
we scrutinize to file, orderly
under uncontrollable possibility

(un)bound

its timeless rain, complementing grieve
while unwelcome motions deceive
nothing worse to believe
than not growing

wipe away that saline tear
pretend there's no wisdom found in what you fear
and seal the vault that makes it clear
there's so much room in knowing

let every restless touch burn
and unbound fissures not discern
what you never wanted me to learn
but were always close to blowing

why fight, not feel
to deny, is not heal
these keen shards from real
I never believed you'd dissolve by showing