what you already know

you and i are experts at this—
these short intervals
moments when life lets us match our movements against one another
like layering transparencies
two separate whole functioning units
enhanced through combination
still me
still you
still somehow changed
now our mornings are simply yours
my mornings – turned into your afternoons
we’re experts at this—
you and i
the way i always never start sobbing uncontrollably again between passing through security until flying over greenland
the ways to now navigate a house filled with too many silences
and the ghosts of us, you, starkly and unpredictable
everywhere