i held my hand on your shoulder

I held my hand on your shoulder

At our last team meeting.

I was casual about it

My other hand

On the knee beside me,

Belonging to a girl whose

Name I don’t remember

And body i did not try

as hard as I could

Not to memorize,

While your shoulder is still molded

To fit my hand.

I held my hand on your shoulder

As you sat beneath me

Waiting for the ground

To collapse beneath us,

An escape we were not granted

and a destiny of termination

We could not fight.

Paths that were meant to be traveled

But we took recklessly.

I held my hand on your shoulder

Because I knew that’s all I had

I could not hold onto you

Forever.

But I find myself wondering

Does your shoulder still feel

The weight of my palm?