i loved you

but i didn’t love

your volatile laugh

or

your transparent presence

or

how you never could see

past the words you held

on to

or

how you couldn’t even let

go to dream

farther and dance

longer and love

harder than what was

already written

or

how you couldn’t explain

to me ( who understands on words )

why you didn’t love me

anymore

in words

and yet

i still carry it all

all of it

of you

when i think about

love