“DAYS, MONTHS, YEARS”

DAYS TURNED INTO MONTHS, MONTHS TURNED INTO YEARS,

SHE SCRATCHED OUT MY NAME WITH PERMANENT PEN, WHITE OUT, AND IT SMEARED,

ANY TIME SHE STARTS TO HEAR MY NAME SHE COVERS HER EARS,

ANYTHING THAT REMINDS HER OF ME SHE HAS TORN UP AND BURNED OR CUT UP WITH SHEARS,

HER HEART IS NO LONGER OPEN – LOVE SHE NO LONGER VOLUNTEERS,

SHE IS HAPPY WITH THE ARMS LENGTH APPROACH NO ONE CAN GET CLOSER THAN HER IMMEDIATE PEERS,

THE HEARTACHE IS THE FEAR,

SO TO NOT EXPERIENCE THESE ACTS SHE BELIEVES IS THE ULTIMATE WAY FOR HER TO BETTER PERSEVERE,

DAYS ARE UNCLEAR,

NIGHTS FEEL LIKE MONTHS – SHE IS SO SCARED, 

AT TIMES THINGS DO NOT SEEM WHAT THEY AT FIRST APPEAR, 

DECISIONS ARE ALWAYS UP IN THE AIR, 

TO GIVE IT ONE MORE SHOT SHE THINKS, BUT THEN AROUND THE WHOLE IDEA SHE STEERS, 

HOLDING ONTO TOKENS OF LOVE  – SMALL SOUVENIRS, 

THE SMILE ON HER FACE – REMEMBRANCE OF YESTERYEAR, 

TIME HEALS ALL THINGS OUT FROM HER SHELL HEALED, STRONGER, SHE RE-EMERGES AND PROCLAIMS “I AM HERE!!”, 

WITH HER HAPPINESS NO ONE SHALL INTERFERE, 

NO MORE NEED FOR APPROVAL OR COMMENTS THAT WERE INSINCERE, 

HER PAIN IS SEVERE,

SHE KNOWS SHE IS NOT THE FIRST – SHE’S NO PIONEER, 

NEVER LOSE HERSELF AGAIN TO THESE PRINCIPLES SHE ADHERE’S, 

WHEN I ASKED WHY SHE DIDN’T DATE SHE SAID SHE WAS FOCUSED ON HER CAREER, 

SHE PAUSED FOR A MOMENT AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF HER EYE LIDS SHE BEGAN TO PEER, 

HER HEAD TURNED TOWARDS ME AND DOWN HER FACE I COULD SEE THE TEARS,

SHE SAID “WHEN LOVE LEAVES YOUR HEART SHE SAID IT CAN FEEL LIKE DAYS, MONTHS, YEARS.”

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