It only took a few words
To break the shaky ground
Underneath her feet.
Loosening her only hold
On what was real
And what she only wish she had.

'I'm sorry that I don't love you'
Is what he said.
'I wish it wasn't this way'
Was his explanation
As if that made it okay
And she would have to find her way through the darkness
On her own.

Why couldn't he see that she was drowning?
Losing herself in his eyes
As he told her everything
She could never imagine him saying.
It seemed like years has passed before
She realized what she had missed.
Until the day the curtains opened
And everything was suddenly before her.

She pushes her old bed, sunken with age
Cold and devoid of human contact, The heat of another body
Moving it towards the window, to boost herself up
Standing on an hourglass perfectly balanced
On the mattress springs
Peering out
Trying to get a better view of the world
And the life she could have had
That was now passing her by
Because she waited so long
For nothing.

Eyes wide
Like her hips
That sunk into a state of dismay
Basking in her misfortune
Dancing to the ugly, naked truth.
He really did love someone
But that someone
Wasn't her.