Believe This By Richard Levine

believe this by richard levine

this poem means a lot to me

when you found me in the darkness

we ran

hand in hand,

i thought it was a miracle

that we were escaping together

but you later told me

out of breath

and laughing

that it was your home

we had run from.

moving on

i expected an explosion

it would have had to take a supernova 

to shake you out of my arteries and my blood stream 

the smell of your shampoo and the clink of your rings

full moon faded from the sky- aquarius slipping away into ink

but it was quiet, church square at night

when i realized 

silent, my heartbeat as it was killed 

expectations crushed by my own cruel hands

rejecting myself before you ever could 

i will not be the one 

i didn’t have to leave to move on

quiet, the walk home

dry smiling face

without feeling

without meaning

silent, empty, loveless

love elizabeth s.