spicks & specks

iv. beginnings

inhale.

exhale.

i've learned to breathe again
without you.

i've forgotten the way
your lips curl in a smile

or the way you walk -
your strides too quick
for me to catch you.

i'm only loving myself now.

stronger now -

a phoenix risen from
ashes -

a story written from
humility and pain.

watch me soar
high above you,

my words tickling
your eager ears.

my sentences
spilling out seas.

but, dear, those waters
are too cold for you to swim now.

for one look into
my eyes
will make you
freeze.