I think it’s strange
How you can just
Fall asleep
Like nothing’s out to get you.

I lie awake
For many hours
Wondering
If there are other people like this too.

We’ve had promises broken
Words left unspoken

Tears on our cheeks
Lonely weeks

And yet
It still surprised me when you left me.

Something is wrong
You could’ve stayed
But you chose to leave

The air smells familiar
I don’t know from where.
But every time I pass by your house
Every time I sit at your desk
Every time I use your pens
I catch this scent
That makes me cry.
Why?

Wait.

It smells like you used to.

The last time
I saw you
Was when we
Decided
That we were

Over.


But now that
You’re gone I
Don’t know what
To do now
Because you

Are dead.

I glance up

Eyes meet
Heart beats
Hot cheeks

I smile and look away


You say my name

Pulse is up
Hands brush
Lips touch

This time I stay.