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It grew
Still she was able to see him
Lying on the other side
Close enough
To sometimes touch
They'd reach across
And hold hands
Till the gusts blew strong
And broke their grip
Each day she'd feel
More rocks crumble beneath her
And fall from the ledge
finding mallow green and purple hidden
beneath sky gray with might rain and fire
shadows seen behind trees old beyond time
living eating life beneath tracing lines
through dirt and rock dust and flame
unknowable past memory sharp lit
with regret loss twisted ivy climbs
choking mortar crumbling among bricks solid
with its absence searching finding only
grass bruised by the sun
I was introduced to sympathy by your trembling hand
cupping a plastic bottle as red
juice flowed to your mouth, staining your wet lips.
My stomach wrenched as you squeezed
the folded top of a lunch bag, soggy sandwich
bleeding moisture through its side.
The tears on your cheeks revealed
events of this year, the worst of your life. I see
them in the crystal ball glints of your eyes.
