I stepped outside for the first time tonight,
waiting until the world got a little darker...

I barely remember you most days;
I try to recall your image, and it’s like I’m...

Some things are too personal for poetry,
so I'll speak vaguely...

Your name was Patrick,
I made sure I got it right...

I'm sorry for worrying you.
I'm sorry for not being able to get over you...

There once was a lively flock of birds,
always in sight of a grand destination...

Wish you could see me
for who I am...

I just want to go, quietly -
to make my exit as swift and painless...

The hum of a tractor across the
ditch. I can't see it, only hear it...

I wonder what it would be like to have
wings - would they grow from this grief...

It’s like you disappeared. It’s like I...

please help me go
please help me leave...