Roof shot

I see the shadow of you

on the ground below

leaning over

the edge of the roof

as if waiting to leap

outstretched,

clicking off one last

photograph

before the air takes you

down to the ground,

but you don’t fall,

the night air swirls

the shadows shift,

and here I am

with the image

firmly fixed in my head

your shadow

showing on the ground below

but it is me falling

not you.

(2012) 

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