everything  scratches your nerves

you step back 

and try to observe 

 

ourselves in our 

mammalian ways

there’s not a thing to say  

 

stronger than you 

she was patient 

while you matured 

 

all giving when 

all you had 

was hunger 

 

you had no time to see it 

now you can’t 

even remember

 

you scour the city 

desperately 

looking for her in another