I wish I could hate you.
No one would blame me if I did.
I’ve turned into an angry shrew.
Screaming your name, looking stupid.

You broke your promise.
Where were you when I needed you the most?
I never did have your confidence
And now your memory is my intimate ghost.

She wanders silently
Teasing,
Taunting,
Whispering sweet words shaking me violently.

She knows her effect on my heart.
She can hear it break every time we talk.
She knows I’m falling apart.
Making it hard to speak,
To breathe.
My knees are buckling.
I can’t move my feet. I can’t walk.

At least she is here
And as long as I’m breathing
She won’t leave me.
My memory of you keeps her close
And I will never be alone.