Eheu

Dilly-dallying is for fools and squirrels, my mother always said

In our kitchen when I was procrastinating getting ready for 

School. I thought she was being silly (weren't squirrels also fools?)

Though I understood what she was saying:

Ready or not, be ready to go.

After I met you I clung to every last minute like I was going to

Crumble to dust without your hands to hold me together;

These days I sit alone in a bruised apartment and watch the squirrels

In their quest to conquer the slippery windowsill that used to be

Ours. The window offers solace and a welcome distraction. I

Never was ready to let you go.