floating backwards

as we tangle
the cords and our
words over the

bright air
poignant and heavy with the brokenness we all
share
too dark to keep hidden in the corners of our
hearts anymore.
we listen and
listen inward
speak and
speak out.
bravely sobbing on the other end
in this for different reasons
and wanting it to go forward for the same
love
and how do you find
you want the person who wants the same things as your heart?
is the dream real?
how do people compromise so much for love?
risks in the night and stepping right down into fear so vivid your
whole being feels like it is
floating backwards
into
it.

and you survive the emotion.
the compass finally stops swinging
and your pendulum
lands
ah!
this way to clarity!
maybe you don't have the answers yet
on what is just right
or what you will regret
the least
or
decide not to miss out on and
CARPE DIEM
but
maybe
oh maybe
you can twist these cords some more with this one
and find out if the one is yours
or his
or the future's.

conversations into the wires of air.