what can i say? (to friends who have separated) breaking apart two who had become one seems criminally wrong nevertheless there are those of us who can not stay once love has gone it deeply hurt me to deeply hurt my ex but i did, and, because i did, i know the cruel charity of not staying when i realized "i had to go" there is a loneliness that doesn't desire company a weariness which sleep can never erase here we unavoidably lick the lead of our failures, a taste which poisons the sweetness of every yesterday i continue to love you both dearly and will miss your wholeness surely—what more need be said? when one heart is broken both sides are bloodied—it is impossible to talk to one without thinking of the other —kalamu ya salaam