beyond the measurements

Sometimes you’re looking out a window

in a coffee shop

in a city you’re supposed to be in today.

And sometimes you hear a song on the radio

that you’ve been avoiding

like the feelings in your chest when their name comes up

in your mind

in your phone

in your camera roll where you shouldn’t be meandering

that far back.

and sometimes

you wonder if it’s ok to miss someone you never saw in a coat,

and maybe never will unless

you change where you are or

where you’ll be.

Sometimes you wonder how much you control.

And what you can confront

outside of the love that held you up so high

and let you down.

and sometimes you wonder if love

can re-bloom

when winter is over.

Or if all flower petals fall

and never grow back

-Moving on forward