Someone else

I say I am proud of you
All of it passing a greater passing I could not part with
this sting of the bones
to the bones,

i am cold come indoors, inside, I miss you, love you
departures
someone is yelling once (again) into the pillowcase

I need, I let go, I need, I breathe

Yesterday. And yesterday.

I can give you only what I was.

And I dedicate to you my bones
the ribcage
again and again
a pledge brittle to the sands the winds the flesh I lean to