This will be our goodbye

I need you to do me a favour.

Wake.
Tell me where you are.

The Sun is melting to my left,
like gold spilling
into the ocean;
the warmth reaches for me.

I turn to my right
and watch the water
freeze into a mirror,
as if to catch the stars
amongst its waves.

I need you to hang up the phone
without saying a word to me.

Tell me where you are.

I don't know.
But I can feel the universe
pulling me
apart.

If "home is where the heart is"
could you tell me where I'm going?

Something has found me here though.
It holds me down at night
and whispers into my ear.

"We are always and inescapably alone."

We were once alone together.
We are now both alone once more.

And this will be our goodbye.

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