Long Endings
Did I do what you wanted? Or is your mind still haunted By the way you left me Caged and alone As you silenced your phone? “Signs” that you sent me I think I now see Spray that “breaks habits” Just say what you mean Two people pleasers afraid to offend Only get honest far past the end So how long weren’t we actually friends? Was it my effusive texts That drove you to use neglect? Not only from you But you told others too Ignore his emotions, he’s a Cancer moon And it’s my fault that I never complained While I may be more than half to blame Neglect is cruelty no matter the aim
Woolf said that time passes The past I love is shadowed By this one-sided battle The blow-by-blow was scattered In a time that doesn’t matter, anymore If I can end on one last pretense On the thought that you might read this I wish you all the best years loving kids, husband and career I'll go off to London and disappear Until a time when no one remembers
I was here.