it only took three years

there
has always
been something about
water
for me
So-
to be so near it
to
feel
your
body
rhythm
start to
move
with
the
current
had
to be
fortuitous
That
upon
coming
home a
note,
"I needed
to be with
the dog
this weekend."
And i
knew he had
left
That
whatever
substance
had
been
hanging around
now vanished
I
remembered
pouring
Lake Superior's
cold
water
over
me
cooling
my hot skin
from the
sauna
And feeling
like this was
a baptismal
So
it was
no wonder
that i
found
myself
in the basement's
lonely
bathroom
taking
down the
last of
you
and
putting
it in a
box.
why
had i
needed you
to leave
him
for me to
truly
leave
you
i
may never know
but you have.
and
so
the
current
continues to
flow.
at
last.