shared location 

i find you in the sea 
without a vessel or soft land.
water like galaxy. whale eyes
as portals into a tether. i find you
a marble in my mouth. pins dropped
where the sky shows her ankles. 
you used to watch me come home
from all the way across the city.
my body on the train, a blue halo
in the bones of a shared machine.
i never checked yours, instead,
i counted you as a pilot. every single
plane belonged to us. 
the old wrist smell of your jeep. 
a parking ticket worn as a cape.
i always wondered what 
watching me did for you. me,
a ghost in a pacman labyrinth
rushing back home. when i could,
i had a window seat. outside, 
my location turned bloomed with
smog & children wearing bruises
like skin. at one stop i thought 
i saw you. you called me weeping.
a missed door. my location, proliferating.
thousands of spots on a broken map. 
you asked, "where are you going?"
i took too long to respond. could not
come up with a gentle way to say,
"i am everywhere i can be."