Happy birthday
Congratulations
Did you see the moon tonight?
Does she know how much her happiness cost me?
Why?
I would ask if you are happy but I know happy people don’t behave this way
Did you pick my name out of your teeth before you kissed her?
What will you tell your children?
What parts of their origin story will you redact?
Why?
Why?
Answer me dammit
I’m sorry
I’m not sorry
I saw that shit you posted on Facebook
Remember that time we drank milkshakes under the stars?
Remember all the good intentions we had?
How’s the forgetting going? any tips you’d like to share?
I am trying to scrub you out of my bones and the stain won't lift
I learned how to roll a blunt today
Amen
We never had love. we had nostalgia doused in possession. that's not enough to stay
I’m not the same woman you left
Amen
Amen
Amen
Was that you driving behind me?
Was that you in the grocery store?
Are the kids alright?
I dropped something on the ground and had to choose whether it was too soiled to keep. when did you decide this was not worth dusting off?
The day after you left I messaged the man I told you I wouldn’t. he didn’t respond. amen.
Andre dropped a new verse today
Amen
Amen
Alex Trebek has died of cancer and I’m not okay
My therapist says we should expect to grieve for the same amount of time we knew each other. I hope she knows we ain't got time for that.
Every day since you left, I count the things I would have done differently. I know by name the wounds I made.
I'm so sorry.
Please forgive me
I forgive you
Amen.