Divided

Divided

I am a raw nerve
I am a swollen eye
I am a bloody wound
I am a bruised limb
I am the sum of us – minus me
Divided by 1 year and 7 months,
Times a thousands volts of pain.

I am a silent scream
You are the deaf ear
I am the question,
The puzzle,
The repeating decimal
On and on ad nauseam …


I have a fraction of you,
I want the whole.
You are the hard surface
And the fragile belly.
I am 150 beats per minute behind
Steady hands.
I am the unflinching 20/20 eye
That watches you, watching me
Fall apart.