because everything gets easier
with time erases everything
therefore we must be used to this
unless the cat hair on my T-shirt

under rolling sky we cast our love
you catch me, I fly vertically
because you were wearing that day
where we left the door, stood on the rooftop

sung promises & hummed designs
no one truly will be easy
all of us, some of us might
therefore, it hits you. I've got to know

shadows, how they track the floor
how quickly life can pack away
I can quote you half a life
90% books & clothes

the rest an empty space.

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Simon Alderwick is a poet currently based in Wales. His work has recently appeared or will soon be featured in Dust, Near Window, Quince, The Daily Drunk, Green Ink, Coven, and Dwelling, among others. He is on Twitter @SimonAlderwick.

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