Photograph by Corey Harrison
so many things that just didn’t happen
our memories fusing like dreams, incohesively
witnesses of it all—we just watched it happen
your silhouette brushes past, something i imagine
a permanent mark you’ve made in my memory
another thing that just didn’t happen
once a goddess; then a fool; now a villain—
desperate personas i switched out unevenly
witnessing it all, you just watched it happen
trapped in the echoes of your haunted prison
church bells and what-if’s; ringing and empty;
so many things that just didn’t happen
the house we built, mistaken for heaven
its descent into ruins, just as timely
as our own—and we just watched it happen
but i hope you still see my apparition
as we go down as fools in our history
so many things that just didn’t happen
witnessing it all and more—we just watched it happen
