I wish you’d never shown up
Slowly seeping into my life
Till you were an ink stain on all my favorite dresses
I left no stone unturned
Searching for your reason for leaving
Digesting the silence with a swollen stomach
Your arrogance always astounded me
But I guess I wasn’t much better
Always needing to get one more word in
Always needing
You could never sit down
Searching up and down
The east coast
Picking up fragments of sea glass and a degree no one wants
You’d never recognize me now,
I no longer throw my heart into oncoming traffic
But gently place it in the hands
Of indifferent Venus fly traps
You’re the closest thing I have to heartbreak
And I hope you never come back
Speaking unguessed words
In your worldly tone of voice, blaming it all on me