New Hope, PA ‘26

I pushed and pushed

I would run in place.

You wouldn’t hear me, you insisted I remained

But suddenly, I said enough, you had enough

You heard the message

Too loud, too clear.

So loud, so clear…

You ran in motion

You left

Locking all doors

Removing every trace

Except you kept one, my dear love

The one that holds you sacred.

Repeated processing of unbearable pain

The piece I still hold, that thinks, that remembers

Please take it away,

Without you, it will only think of you.