Rooted

I had a dream about you last night
You were the same person I remember
Your skin felt the same
like dipping my finger in warm hot chocolate and feeling the chill
you tasted the same
like sucking salt off a lime
you smelled like you did
like my favorite shirt pulled straight from the dryer

In my mind you were there just within my reach
I wanted so much to touch you
I could never get close enough
The harder I tried
the farther you got

I began to cry
One tear at time
I found alice when I drowned
She pulled me up through your rabbit hole

I could see you running
always five steps ahead of me
when I reached you the roots pulled me down
and there you stood

inches from my face
silence
I opened my mouth to scream but
silence

You reached in and pulled out
my heart
put it in your pocket and turned your heel

I stayed rooted to the ground
with a hole in my chest
and a lock on my throat
I watched you go

You didn't even look back