Loss

I used to wonder what it would be like to lose her,

now I know.

It's like all the tissue in my chest

has been surgically removed,

all that's left is air.

It's like she'll come home and fix dinner

any day now,

and we're making funeral arrangements for someone else's mother.

It's like the past 21 years together have happened in an

moment too small to hold how much I'll miss her,

how much I miss her now.