words by dominic riccitello

i sway with you
left to right
upside down
smoldering from afar
it was once a taste
desire for two
branches where you’d
swing instead of fall
hope instead of crawl
back to things which
didn’t seem to love you
i talk with aggression
towards emotional abuse
where one could fall
and the other would laugh
it used to be us
but now it’s you 
divided by we
into hateful gravity