lillysdigitalgarden

You smiled like the ocean, Like a wave unto the sea- Vast as any desert And as empty as can be. You laughed as if the sun alit A midnight summer sky- Loud as any empty cave And almost just as dry. You cried as if the solar system Ripped itself apart; But I-oh, I only cried, From a battered, broken heart.

On Sunday afternoon, after exiting the church, you plucked the sun from the sky and hid it in your palms so that when I held your hands they would no longer be cold. When Monday night arrived you snatched every single star and used my tears to make a necklace. Tuesday's empty dawn shone through the cracks of the door-- you stole the promise of what could never be and draped it around my shoulders. After Wednesday's twilight passed, you grabbed the clouds and wove a tapestry of lies that I hung on the walls of my prison. Thursday crept through us on silent tiptoes, waiting for us to take notice-- instead, we merely waited for midnight to