Blythe Baird
WHAT I COULDN’T EXPLAIN VIA TEXT MESSAGE
You were every airplane I mistook
for a star. You were everything bright
and leaving. You were the first person
I mistook for a feeling- if not love,
what was I supposed to name this?
You were the first I love you that I woke up to.
I was the first poem you had written in months.
But lover, do not mistake this book for a letter.
Do not mistake my forgiveness for an apology.
Remember I was full
long before you fed me.