where the roads don't go

7 - just past past (just only)

you wake, eyes opening

(one breath, then two)

there's a prominent gap

there's an ache in your chest

the air is still cold

and his space is still empty

you're turning, still turning

just north by northwest

did you make it a secret?

a year and a month

did you keep it?

you're trying, you're trying your best

but the air is still cold

and his space is still empty

keep turning on eastward

keep staring northwest