• I wasn't aware
    at first, at how dark
    the night can be
    when the stars turn their
    backs on you.
    How silent my room
    is when it's just
    me there...waiting.
    struggling to breathe
    like a bird held
    in a humans hand--
    my wings...broken, like
    this hole in my chest..
    where my heart should be....
    the heart with your name
    plastered on it.

    I didn't realize
    how badly I missed your
    voice, until I heard my
    whispers bouncing off
    the walls like a stranger's echo.
    I miss the way your strong
    arms carry me to bed
    after I fall asleep from
    reading my favorite book...

    What happened to those days?

    I can't remember
    the last time I sang
    a song about you...
    love filled lyrics
    used to cover this head
    of mine...now all I can find
    there is anger.
    Anger that you left me here--
    alone.

    Never seemed so bad
    when you still held the key
    to my heart....
    now this silence breaks
    like bruised skin
    at the seams of
    a starting scab...
    I don't know how
    to be a solo act...
    a one man show.

    Why can't it just be us again?