Why can’t you look at me

That is all I ask
Not to fix
Not to save

After all my crying
And all my trying

All I ask
Is please look

Are you even listening
When I say
I have tried absolutely everything

Hold me in your heart
Please don’t turn around

Please
Just look

Let no empty promises
Platitude, and platitudes
Like raindrops fall
Into empty hollow

As we all know
This uncertain world

Listen
Please
Listen

When I say
I am broken


Because all you do
Is gaslight
And pretend
That there’s

No problem

Please don’t tell me
It can be fixed
When you haven’t
Got
A clue

When I describe
A problem
Next time
Please stick with me
And hold on

Carry me in a gaze

Because it’s just my
Little way of saying

I just need

Someone’s

Loving