In Passing

If you find me,
Don’t remind me.
Take what you came for.
Move on, kindly.

This room still breaths
After you leave.
Windows crackle.
Walls heave.

Calm restored
Along the boards.
Light falls in.
The darkness dims.

I flail around.
Pull up, Push down
Hold my hope.
Make no sound.

Enjoy its’ still.
Calm my will.
World spins wild
My hiding child.

Always wanting,
Then it takes.
No interest asking
In my aches.

One day my shadow
Won’t be here.
Was I ever?
It’s not clear

6/5/21