so, you’re there

so, you’re there
, i’m here
& there’s too much
between us to
leave it at that–

won’t you come & hold
this, a heart, beaten
to be tender/still,
as nothing lasts as long
as laughter between the
     veins, & nothing
      feels as does the unbothered
                               unminded
                           breath/a
                                    breeze,
                           made &
                                loved, to

                                        be