******* the other side of the road
Why are you staring? Why not come over?
Why is there blood trickling out of your nose?
How come without moving I feel you get closer?

Girl about to take a step forward
One foot on the pavement and one on my chest
What use are the flowers, the tears, the kind words?
What does it mean to someone who's dead?

Girl with a face blurred in traffic
Why can't I see you? What are you doing?
Don't call it grieving. Don't call it tragic.
I see you wherever I look, bloodied and ruined.

Girl who is here. Girl who is gone.
Tell me which one of us needs to move on.