I’d been saving a smile
thinking of you
casual betrayal
now fastened on my face
with the vain hope
it might stick
like mother warned
Selfish are the edges
of upturned lips
and downturned gazes
moments when the weight
of all that love
are shrugged to another
asked now to bear
You loved me
a little at least
not enough to save that fact
safe keep such small happiness
I don’t blame you
but I blamed you
your past tense enunciated
burden made mine to bear
My words have lost
loveliness found
a few lines slack
cast baitless
to a misplaced muse
Lake placid
before the monster
after the scream
hope still stuck
behind the eyes
Half so Happy 