I LIVE YOU

I wake up reaching out to touch you

and feel your body pressed tightly to mine at night.

I walk your foot falls to the bathroom

and clean my teeth with your brush.

I eat cereal and fruit for breakfast

and sit in your seat –

I can still feel the heat

from your body

even though

I know

that can’t be…

I taste your lips on mine when you kiss me goodbye

and live you as I catch the train

and work my day.

I breathe you in when I unlock the door

and put my shoes in your spot on the hall floor.

I sweep your fingers through my hair

and touch where you touched when you touched me –

there.

I feel your body pressed tightly to mine at night

and wake up reaching out…

to nothing. To thin air.