'
I asked
you
to make love to me last night,
desperate for meaning
and searching for more
than just another ****.
You turned me down
and my mood instantly
crumpled
though I tried not
to let you see.
I swallowed the pain,
buried it down deep
until I could turn my back to you.
And though we fell asleep
as we always do,
you with your arms wrapped around
me,
with my face turned away
you couldn't see
the line of tears dancing their way
down my cheeks,
utterly
destroyed by being turned away by you.
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