i know now now

i am afraid all

the poetry has left

with you

and now,

the remains of

empty space

broken and misaligned

reigns

*

she said she was cheating

on me

and after a

few moments spent trying to remember

myself reflected in her eyes

i said i was doing it too

for i told her

that we would last

but i didn’t know this

meant she’d be my last

she blinked

*

don’t you see

that love

is all we have

which is why

we didn’t see

that it was so

little

*

it is those who

say nothing has changed

who often benefit

the most from

change