I Think My Therapist Would Have Liked You

i think my therapist would have liked you

because you've always spoken the truth

and explained things to me

in the most fascinating 

and sympathetic ways

when i don’t yet understand my own heart.

you said i deserved better

every time i cried over someone 

who wasn't you

and everytime i cried 

because i couldn’t have 

the one person 

with an apprehension of my heart

unlike that of any other breathing life

i knew the truth even then still

because your words bring me peace

in the chaos

and i know our souls are still tied together

in this universe

no matter who our bodies belong to.