A Coin With Tails On Both Sides
today i saw the trees bloom.
i saw their buds unfurl, miniature fingerlings
reaching into the world, and i-
i forgot about how you made me feel.
i won’t let you off that easy, no,
i know you didn’t intend it and
you may never know that i didn’t intend it,
either. but today i saw the trees
and i felt the sun open me up and spoon out
the dark parts inside of me
until my hollow places felt whole.
please leave me alone.
i didn’t want to have to say it,
but now i taste you in everything,
and i am trying to expel you from my body
like an exorcism, and i am too tired
to go on. the thing is
i convinced myself that loving you
was the best thing i had ever done.
now i know.
i didn’t want to compare you to god,
not again, but the matter is this-
i am always praying to something
silent. i am always loving someone
who still holds me beneath the water.
you and god both have something
in common. you cannot hurt me
anymore.
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