On our timeline
It feels like days ago
That I held you last
Not long ago
When we last fell together
In loose laughter
What feels like a month ago
I found your heart out to dry
On a clothesline
I carried it in and made it tea
Which we then spilled
to each other
Now you stand
Across from me
Your eyes encircled
I crack a joke
It falls flat
Like a goddamn plain
Your eyes search
For something
I don’t have to offer
On your timeline
I last held you
A lifetime ago
I’m so sorry, I say
But you tell me I wasn’t there
Where’d the time go?
A thread snaps
And I see you
Check your watch
On your timeline
You have somewhere
Better to be
Back to the clothesline
Hoping when you fall again
Someone will think to catch
“Don’t follow” you say
And I don’t