and when we call
she doesn't sound
happy to hear from us at all
angry turns left
into distant
and we speak to it
ignoring what it meant
for so long
never thinking
the price you pay
the price
for leaving her
friends from the past
barely served
until the last
i never thought
that's us
that's our future
this is what happens
when you leave her
wrong to go
hard to stay
the competitive round
of things that would be
breaking up
was never this easy
we should have
recovery meetings
sit around
talk about
what happens
when you
pack up your shit
under her red eyes
and leave
she's standing right there
glaring at strangers
as they pick through
our mislaid plans
you never get loved like this
no being
that breathes on this earth
needs you like this
she tries to spell it out
and when you break
from her heartbroken embrace
you always regret
and you left
standing in her robe
6ft nodding above the storm
shrinks narrow and small
holding up her end
the poignant terror
of this moment
you pull away
leave each other
to separate lives
separate plans
always hearing
the mantra
that strung in her head
please, don't go
don't leave yet
