it's the biggest kind of exhale

like all the breath in your stomach, in your body, that has ever passed through your lungs

pushed out and piling up into a cavern of the earth

the breath is creating an ocean

with waves like my hand in the bathtub rocking

just because I do not hold this hurt always

just because it was the kindest thing to leave

doesn't mean I don't hold such a sadness for the ending.