you can stretch your arms as long as you can see me in your head
let the breadth of our loss and displacement
be quenched by our love
and how well we do so
memorize all the words i try to remind you of
the ones you can't seem to tell yourself at night
i hope you know these eyes don't look away from you
no matter how long you are away from me
i'd rather take all this blue and guilt
and drown it in the lake of distance
than give away what beauty i have found
in being reflected by your heart
i don't want to feel anything more
than your breath when i am holding you in the airport.
i promise i'll do my best to make this hurt less than last time.
