let's be candid, here.
this is a **** joke, your
ability to waltz back into
my world as though you didn't
make your escape, leave me to my
peace, pick up your cap
on the way out
it hurt; it hurts because
it mattered, you matter,
still, after all this time
you were more than something -
you were everything.
everything i hung my hopes on,
the coat rack for my dreams.
the day you left was the best thing
that's ever happened to me, so
why are you still here,
haunting me like the Holy Spirit
in the doubtful parts of my brain
take your charm and words,
serve up that famous smile to some other
poor girl, give my condolences
to the next body first in command
on the unrequited train to hell.
no return tickets. no turning
back, either crash or die here, doomed
unless there's an emergency escape hatch
so how dare you come back
here, how dare you show your face?
leave. get out. find another soul
to terrorize with your laugh.
you're not welcome here. never, ever
come back.