im uncomfortable here

so unsettled

in this place

where they all

want me –

but where

nobody knows

who

i am –

and in those

seconds

of turned out

hearts

and claims

they could never

keep –

i let my arms

go limp –

and perhaps

one sees

a

hearth –

but for

the empty

shell shocked

look

in my sad

complacent

eyes

that have seen too much

that have warped from the tears

that see only

you

seeing me..