to say that i am missing
you
would be to imply
an absence of some
fundamental part,
a piece of me i cannot
find, and
such is not
the case,

as you are
still
with(in) me.

please do not try to
catch me
i will not be trapped or
held or kept
against my
will

please do not try to
catch me
if i fall or when
i stumble
i must land where
i may.

please do not say
i left
for that is the
opposite
of right,
which (you
must) trust,
i’ve done.
nor shall
i hear
that i
abandoned you,
though true it
is with abandon
that i have
chased
folly, dream.

cry only if
it is crying
out
in honor of or
with joy for
this passing
moment

in our being–