Vacancy

I tied the blindfold over my intuition
Signs that you were checking out
Took words at face value
Ignored the pain growing in me
Where I used to feel your presence
I knew if I dug into you
I'd uncover what I didn't want to see

I didn't want to be right

Off

The flip has switched
I no longer care for you
Or anything
At all.

Dam

I watch love flow like water for others
I am a dam with a heavy release
A steep spillway

Naive

I should've known
Your hesitation against my embrace
I had to siphon that final kiss from your lips

Still

I am haunted by the ghost of memories
we never got to make

Stardust

You shoot for your moon
I am a star

Crumbs

Don't follow the trail of breadcrumbs
Little pieces of affection
Those are what fell
Brushed off and left behind
To lead on
Not toward

The path to love isn't
Littered with scraps