Fall

I fell withered to the floor And laid there forever more Seasons come and seasons go Leaves blow across the window I thought me dead How could I know? With words unsaid I let me go

Abandoning Abandonment

I hear him weeping. I know he is curled up on the floor. I stand outside the room – he can’t see me through the door frame. My heart fills with his pain, remembers his longing for love and the emotion he didn’t know to call jealousy. I recall all the insecurities and fears swirling around….