we parted that night

all tears

and broken promises

shattered hearts we thought would never mend

you moved on and I moved away

as far as I could get whilst still being

within

earshot

of any news that might say 'come back to me'

it never came

and as everything changed, I thought about you daily, every move I made,

every place

every journey

every news article signalling a changing, darker world made me

ask

what you were thinking.

so unknown

eventually some seeds I picked up on my journey started to grow around the hole in my heart

knitting together the shards and

making it whole again

nothing truly lost.

I kept moving

until I forgot what I was travelling from

until I had fabricated a story about our parting and my journey and

somehow

until I was ready

we returned together

one night

as the cold air swept the hair from my face and clung to our fingers and

unannounced

we were together again

and made as whole as the moon we danced beneath

as if

nothing had happened