I don’t want to look / at the last email / you wrote / because / I still hope / somehow / you will / someday / float / another one / into my bucket / once / you said / I want to create / vulnerable statements / that / connect with strangers / it hurts / to think / right now / but / I still / remember / the time / you asked / if I was / going through / the desert / because / you were / in the desert / and / maybe / we could both / be / in the desert / but / I never / made it / to the desert / before / you left / the desert

– Mark Baumer