the sunlight couldn’t warm my skin
shallow breaths, the air too thin
eyes too wet, mouth too dry
promised him I wouldn’t cry

but he had lied
and now I shied
away from the words unsaid
away from the memories in my head

that night forgotten, from long ago
too naive, to think I would know
just from a touch, a gentle brush
unfamiliar passion, heady rush

I didn’t need to worry?
and so I listened

he took off the mask, the facade of pseudo care
left me broken, I’ve been here, left bare

I didn’t need to worry.
and so I listened

there’s nothing left to say
show me a different way

I didn’t need to worry?
you should have listened

to what I never spoke
to what I show
you should have seen
now it’s all just a dream
a sheen
does it mean
it wasn’t ever real?
what did I feel?

what do you feel?