i asked you for space, 
but i don’t think your shadow understood
because i see it’s reflection in the sky
in the shape of the crows when they fly.
i know you have no reason 
to not want to say goodbye,
but remember how i made you feel 
when i whispered my way into your ear
to form mountains up and down your spine, 
where your imagination would crawl to 
places i did not know existed.