every time I pass you by, (when we

pretend nothing happened last vacation)

i inhale.

inhale,

to remember

the falling.

inhale,

for the split-second feel of being safe

in your arms.

inhale

bringmeback

to every warm hug.

inhale,

clammy skin-to-skin, tongue

in (my) cheek.

inhale,

to wish away all the pain.

because

to me,

you carry the light scent

of home.

(no sleep for the guilty.)