Ben Clark & Colin Winnette

B e n   C l a r k   &   C o l i n   W i n n e t t e

I should stop there

Show me again how to lift a compass, how we learned

to live apart. I will then show how you returned

my mornings to me with every naming.

Loneliness now only a dampening of light.

I told you once I forgot you

From inside, your song stopped my hands

still full of seeds. This is not enough to keep you,

but I fear disturbing him even now.

I only stray so far, maybe the hallway, or the end of the drive

before returning. Still I read your letters in the bathroom

while he sleeps. Light, movement, unexpected

sound finding its way into the open.

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