Your Side
My apartment has learned your name. Your toothbrush waits its turn. I pulled out my favorite camping chair and placed it before the Christmas tree you left behind, as if sitting there might bring you back. My side of the bed has slowly and quietly become yours. In the kitchen, a space for gluten-free things.
Even the mundane of the everyday has transformed.
Grocery aisles feel like small adventures reading labels and searching for what you’d enjoy.
I sit on the left, you on the right, so my hand can find its way to your thigh.
Every bus ride or walk tempts me with the memory of your kisses; of our bodies entwined. My days are no longer singular. Every moment has your side.
Even when you’re not here, You arrive- Again and again- In thought, in absence, In everything - you are. ---- Wiin