FOR: EVER

To: Night
I showed up in the moment
warm.
This smile is half me
and all whiskey
dancing
to a song
that has not yet been written
on bathroom stalls
and status updates.
I came here tonight
into this now
here
as a member of my ex's bandwagon
waving kick me flags
and show me stickers
across the surface of the same skin
where I once tattooed
a promise to myself.
I talk like space program
fully funded and readying launch dates
but I feel like bomb shelter
fully stocked and ready for isolation.
I have lost sleep waiting for these words to
night.
I have lost sleep trying to comprehend
the everything
that is happening
in this moment
across the span of time
where day break and night set and
your collarbone.
Where your collarbone is a fingerprint
for some memories
that give themselves away in the dark
or under certain light
in the dust
of everything
dying at once.
To: Day
Hold me
to the launch dates
on my calendars.
I have squared away enough time
in my being
to know
that there isn't much difference
between a month
and a chess board,
aside from keeping our queens alive,
we're all just trying to get things in check.
To: No end.
To: Every end.
To: Knowing where we are.
For: Ground.
For: Get.
For: Give.
To: Night
I showed up in the moment
and stayed.