Left Behind, par Paige B.

Left Behind

As you walk away,

Without looking back,

I stand here, heart in my hands.

I wish you had stayed

Or that I’d done something different.

Why did you leave, when I needed you most?

I just wanted to have someone that would,

For once,

Stay.

There are words that I was mistaken to say. There was one time when we were strangers,

Whiteboards are erasable. Write down a message Swipe it away with a sleeve Scribble down another message. Swipe it away again.

I’m sorry I never told you About why I was so nervous around… I’m sorry I never confessed Because you moved on, And I didn’t.

Wet paper arrows quivering against the bright string of the bow. The arrows

I stand at the door What am I waiting for? A whisper or a breath To tell me to carry on? Carry on, carry on.

My heart Is a glass ball Delicate Awaiting somebody Who will cradle it gently

It is the emptiness, the nothingness, the in-between. Is it broken? Is it maimed?

I want to hold your hand Tight in my own As we run far away To a brand new home. I want to cup your face

I do not know All of the answers. I forget sometimes And I’m not always right. Don’t listen to me,

I’ll tell you to hold on tight, and we can be alone together in this nothingness. I’ll tell you to tell me a story, and we can laugh and cry together

And we were always running never to but always from and always running... And we were always hurting never for but always from

The wind– A finicky rush That has to be somewhere else All the time. The faint echoes of summer

Something warm has curled up inside my chest. It is filled with hate, with sadness, with things I cannot express.

morning rays peeking through the c… dancing close to you quiet stories told in the dark sleeping in movie nights

flirting with death ring the bell and run she knows it was you but she lets you go you are waiting to die.