float

I float in uncertainty, defying gravity 
and defenseless against time as my 
lungs struggle to function

doubt
 hadn’t knocked on the door until
 nothing but silence came from your
 absence

I thought I was certain 
in the belief you gave me and hope
 was wrapped around my hips,


I would not have offered my heart 
up, torn from its place if I had not been,


I wasn’t struggling with the future 
I saw behind my eyes,

with your hand 
in mine, 

but now I’m lingering in the abyss.