Untitled (May 2015)

She's left alone on the floor

The room, cold and dark around her

No one seems to understand

Her world deteriorates as they leave

Each person in her life vanishes

She has no one to talk to

The world grows smaller and darker

No relief in sight

But he's been watching her -

He knows the pain she feels:

Stabbed in the back and shattered heart

If only she knew she's not alone

She sits on the roof at night

The man in the moon looking down on her

The moon's light is her sun

The darkness - her blue sky

The creaking of the roof startles her

She spins around to see him

Her eyes - blue as sapphire

His eyes - green as jade

They sit together on that roof

Their hearts pour out like rain

At last, they're not alone.

At last, they have a friend.

Last Goodbye

She and I sit in the dim room,

Laughing and sobbing on her book-covered floor.

“When do you leave?”

Wanting no reply.

“Tomorrow morning,” she replies

With a tear racing down her soft, smooth skin.

I take her up in my arms,

Holding her as tightly as I can.

My sleeve dampens from her pouring tears

And the brush of her long, blonde hair

Plastered to her rosy cheeks.

“I love you,” I want to tell her,

But I know it’d only hurt worse,

So we sit there in silence.

“Alexis?”

The silence becoming too painful.

She looks up. “Hmmm?”

I look into those hazel eyes.

“I promise this won’t be the end.”