lineage

we stretched our encounters.
gripping our hands together tightly.
our goodbyes where we had to be ripped away,
from each others embrace.
then we went on to lust for our own longing dependencies.
but who are you now?
where have you gone?

no more standing solo,
you’ve cured loneliness.
but you lost something in the process.
casting me out,
replacements on collect.
but is it only from your bounds,
come your great creation?

cigarette kisses on summer days,
misled lust for love.
gone our separate ways,
do you look back,
like me?

do you look back,
and wonder?