i reach out

     for your hand as i
     am lying beside
     you. entangled
     into each other,

but

     i know you have
     to leave eventually.
     as my hand tries
     to arrive at the
     destination of
     yours,

you’re

     movements
     become too quick
     for me to keep up
     the pace. you get
     up and leave,

not

     taking a second
     look back. and here i
     am, once again
     believing that you
     meant the words
     you let escape from
     your lips, but they
     were never

there.