i still say we.
when one word keeps coming out plural.
you say we.
you hear it
after you've said it.
you know they're dead.
you didn't forget.
we
was simply the word
that belonged
in the sentence.
the world has another word now.
i.
there is one name
where there used to be two.
one person answering.
one person left.
the math is simple.
the language isn't.
from the outside,
there are fewer limits.
you can make the decision.
you can change your mind.
you can go.
but having nowhere
you have to be
is not the same
as having somewhere
you want to go.
you spent years
inside we.
not saying it.
being it.
your life wasn't yours
with another person added.
there were parts of it
that only existed
because there were two of you.
then they died.
and i
had to start standing
where we used to be.
not only for the life
that came after.
for the life
that came before.
someone asks about the house.
i bought it...
but you didn't.
we did.
someone asks about a decision.
i decided...
but you didn't.
we did.
i may be the person
answering now.
that doesn't make i
the truth
about what happened then.
maybe that's why
you don't always correct it.
we isn't pretending
they're still here.
it's refusing to make
one person
out of a life
that had two.
