(floaters)

(floaters)

a watercolor ghost
floats into my periphery

damn my instinct
to whirl my head around
to run to you
to hold you
because as soon as I turn
I see you
have already floated away

so I will retrain my brain
unlearn the yearning
to behold you, to instantly turn
I will let my unblinking eyes burn
so that you won’t have to float away
so that you’ll stay for a while
with me
in my periphery

@paige.thepoet