the parting of ways

 that day
i was flooded with emotions,
so many
that it was not possible for me
to hold them all at once.
however it was at once
when our arms had fallen
that i felt
the collapse of them all
as they too
fell at my feet
as we parted ways
and my feet took their steps away. 
"apres moi les deluge"
after me comes the flood.
after you
there was not a spire in this city tall enough
to keep my head above water.