it’s so strange to be somewhere
without you
because so much of me now
is defined by us
is defined by what we do
by what you’ve taught me
by how we’ve grown together
what I want to eat
how I sleep
what I do when I wake
how I walk
it’s all been made different
made better by being with you
this morning
I see a photo
of two separate trees
that started to grow together
retaining their own boundaries
but choosing to live in harmony
and I think of you
as I always do
because that is what I hope
we can be
and what I think we already are
all grown together
individual but shaped
by one another
held up by one another
held by one another
and even when we are apart
there is the shape of us here too