side by side
in another life we built
an entire world
together -
salt to tongue to rock to scars
an expanse of earth
and a sky full of stars
in another life
the sun was your side warming mine
budding, open,
in its gentle all too much
in this life
a cat curled up on cold feet
is a patchwork memory
from a hand I held
from a home I once visited
and we navigated by moon
pulled by a tide
apart, a part