helpless
who can say they've been here?
watching
hearing
feeling
her break.
who can say they've held her
shaking
in their arms
promising not to leave
while she crumbles
from the pain of her aching heart?
from the pain
of being left.
give me a list of emotions
and I'll circle the entire page
and write "YES"
in big black letters.
who can say they've watched
a piece of her heart
open the door
step outside
and shut and lock it behind them?
who can say they've
asked her not to die from the pain
cause dying would be leaving?
who can say they've stared
at her red, swollen face
as she looked right past me
only seeing the soles of the one who left?
January 16, 2006