You divide up my life

You divide up my life

as if here

like sections of hair

weaving this to that

here becoming one cord of rope.

You divide up my life

track the time

like shadows longing

stretched here

becoming hours or days

You divide up my life

like butter for your pan

like portions of dinner

like belongings, longing

shook apart in this sieve.

As if I could ever be whole.