The pounding rain stopped
the quiet noise subsided -
just their silent voices left
to fill the void.
She kissed him
just on the cheek
always on the cheek,
painfully close
a dagger just missing its mark.
He acted like he didn't care,
as he had a million times before
taking her hand in his
and saying goodbye.
At the door, silhouetted,
the moonlight behind her,
she paused, back to his front
and whispered softly
her sad eyes beaming -
She was in love, she said,
she was in love,
words so heavy
ringing in his head
Her glowing eyes,
her watery look
passed him, falling
at the closed bedroom door
she was in love,
she said.
A sinking feeling
a numbness in the
entirety
She was in love,
she said.
A cough from behind
the closed door
she smiled
She was in love,
she said
He choked back the
words he knew
he would never say
She was in love,
she said
an I love you
instead silence
I love you
instead silence
I want you to be happy
instead silence
I don't want to have
instead silence
to see it
instead silence
She was in love,
she said
The rain started again,
a slow drum beat
she turned,
so full of grace
a hail mary and
a thousand lashes
He watched her go
reached for her
slender hand
stopping her
holding her
instead silence
kissed her on
the softest cheek
he'd ever dreamed
instead silence
A polite goodbye
she was
relishing the feeling
instead silence
in love
her hair brushing his face
instead silence
the darkness filled the doorway
she said.
