to her next college roommate:

when passive (aggressive) voice is used

show her what being active is:

her dance floors are oceans and shipwrecks

sometimes she will toss and turn

cocoon herself into her stormy covers

join her warmth

let her wrap your head around

foreign words

or cover your mouth

with a scarf she knitted

while you read the news.

she will listen to the headlines you announce

but will hear lives

heady lies

that make up her reality.

you will watch obscure french movies

you don’t give a fuck about

but really you will watch the way

her eyes change

behind the silver screen

something you inherited

from that goddamn movie

you watched with her.

you will give her all your notes

all your music

all your love letters

she will start dating your ex boyfriend

it will feel less like she’s cheating off you

than cheating on you.

you will find

God in the quiet space between you.

She likes to make things rituals

you don’t understand until you make your confessions:

it feels natural to leave

it feels wrong to leave her