secret house

I think I've figured out why we call it
a 'household'
even though people forget how much a house holds

your childhood
your family bonding and breaking
the laughter & tears

your house has seen you at your best
and at your worst

the walls know all your secrets

all the dents you've made
scratches you've left
and walls you've decorated-
gone

when you move
you're not just leaving a familiar place
you're leaving a piece of you
to create space for new beginnings

Lost Inquiry

today i took the sheets that have been sitting in the closet and finally put them on my bed.

they smell of how you used to and it terrifies me

that in my dreams, i'll be able to see you standing right in front of me, talking.

explaining concepts and ideas that my mind will never comprehend

because you lived on the left side of your brain

and i live on the right side. 

together, we made

abstract science

artistic math

creative chemistry

but with you gone

i'm just alone on the right side.

i have no base, hypothesis, or root.

there is no inquiry.