edify

I could connect the freckles on your face with more ease than

I can connect the reasons that made up your mind

I could pinpoint the pigment of your skin sooner than

I can pinpoint what it was that I did wrong

I could count the words you left faster than

I could count two of your breaths

I could retrace the familiar curves of your back

because you turned it toward me night after night

but I can not retrace the steps that led me to you

-2011