name: zoe
oasis name: zoe rose
and i am so not repeating this.
"basement air"
and even within the safety of a basement
i could feel the air, its tangible, heavy cause to make me wish
i could lift my hand and swim through that murky-felt nothing
and cradle her face
because i could imagine a life with her
or without
it’s like a record spinning lifeless, and i just feeling
by lifting her into my safe place
maybe i created one