The poem describes fragmented images including shattered ice patterns in a drained pool, numb fingers, and foggy evergreens. It references when "he" broke capillaries in the speaker's neck while thinking of notebook sketches offered like Braille that were read like myrrh. Yesterday, waves of violence shook the speaker's sleep with shouts behind invisible walls and drained gazes lacking understanding. The speaker's scribbles lay as mistakes while yours grow like redwoods. Every night, the face is forgotten as consciousness fades. Forests exist between pages and jellyfish pulse across margins. All that's remembered from dreams is reaching for a hand to stay afloat.