The man lives far

And it's been a decade

Or two

Long years whilst lived

Now seem but

Click of fingers

(Does he breathe?)

He said if he was dying

He'd buy a boat

And cast himself adrift alone-

I scoffed back then

I said he needed conversations

Like inhaling

That first kiss in the air

Between two cites

I was with him then

And alive was just

suspended

Now it's in doubt