i knew you were leaving
your body letting go it's grasp on you
in gasps of unresisted pain
...
Listen/Watch
listen
i say with my eyes
as i walk towards you.
my footsteps sharply echo 'listen'
i reach out my hand and touch
your arm 'listen'
i say,
my voice still.
there are no silences between us
no empty spaces.
you fill me cell by cell
a hologram repeating
through my senses
wave on wave.
i am a shell
with a seed breaking
through me
as i disintegrate
into the earth
feeding your roots.
and you say
'Watch'
as you stretch up
and away from me.