i cannot help you she says and holds up a hand like a wall. a wall between me and you. between what was and what will be. between the past and the future. between the pain and what I must do. i stand for a moment, suspended. my bags clutched in my hands, what little i could take with me of what had been, what could never be again. severed. split. undone. i tremble. unable to breathe. i cannot help you she says. i turn away. frantic. between one flight and another. i run.
2015
