Line

I forgot to tell you
last night
when i stood on the edge
of the doorway
not outside
not here with you
just on the line
between walking out
and coming back to embrace you
one last time
i forgot to tell you
that all this time
i had been hoping
that somehow
you
me
this
could go back
behind the line
again

but no

even when you pull me back
and i rest my head
against the skin i may soon forget
it seems
that line has been crossed

and somehow
I am already outside
hoping that I am made of more
than bones and flesh
something stronger
to keep me together
and stop this embrace
from pulling me apart