Wandering Off Poem by Nellekke Tak

I lowered my chin down
This morning on the rye
From being set too tall

Stopped repeating how you said
You wrote those love songs
About me

I always tried to match the details
To where they might fit
Stopped dreaming you still dreamt about it

Starting telling myself
How you stopped writing a long,
Long time ago

Like when you’re trying to fall asleep
Or when your mind wanders off

I’m beginning to think
You never really thought these things
In the first place