A few words from you
and I am reduced to tears
I am okay when you are gone
but the moment you return
my strength is drained
and I'm back to the
cracked open little girl
who is starving for
another glimpse at your soul
you are lovely in ways I cannot
begin to fathom or comprehend
even if you are full of not
so lovely things as well
and the words you say mar
what would have been a precious thing.