holding.

i see you too
sometimes
in the morning when our eyes are still blurry from the night before
when
with one foot on the floor
and the other striving for balance
our whole bodies seem to want to just fall down
split apart from our centers
as if lacking weight in the middle
where our esophagus runs down
the in and the out that passes through
has disappeared
and without a line to hold us in place
our whole bodies seem to want to just fall down
so sometimes
i catch you in those moments
and with a certain change in your face
i see you
try to
pull yourself back together
but i think it's beautiful
to watch you as you fall
apart
i am
willing to
fall beneath you
whatever your weight
as your body comes down
i feel the water pull together again
sliding across the cold surface that keeps us
in our form of flesh that holds us
whole
despite a few missing
pieces
yes
i think it's quite nice
to stay just this way
fallen
          apart
our flesh holding.