I want to wake up each morning
without remembering your voice,
how we used to wrap around
together in one invisible seam,
a velcro from head to toe.
I want to wake up each morning
knowing I’ll be okay
get everything I need to get done
without convincing myself
for the hundredth time it’s over.
I’m here, you’re there,
our lives split apart like the Red Sea,
both of us pretending to walk on water.
I am wandering in the desert without you.