In your absence
charged devices splay across
your side of the bed
hoping for them to speak to me
and if not,
providing peace knowing
that at any time
they may light up the night with
fake entertainment.
It’s not something I want to keep remembering
despite it’s merit for lessons
and those who know more will forget
the instinct to keep living
yet we repeat the performance
of someone repeating something they said.
“Run anytime,
morning crisp sunshine
smelling of bacon and soap,
daytime bright respite from work,
time to breathe and contemplate,
or evening under cool shadows and
traffic from frazzled commuters
not running their worries into air.”
