write a poem of all questions

how do you hold hope?

where does it hurt?

how long has it?

when did it start?

are you afraid it won’t ever stop?

it’s stopped?

for how long?

were you devastated when it returned?

i mean

how devastated were you when it returned?

do you feel alone?

i’m sorry

how long have you been alone?

are you lonely?

i’m sorry, what i mean is

are you still lonely

or has lonely become too familiar to feel?