By Ali
Date: 20 January 2001
Only a Second
When it hits me
Time after time
It knocks
The breath
Sharply, violently
From my lungs
And I crash
To the ground
Thrown
From the impact
And I feel broken
All over again
Like it all happened
Only a second
Before
Like you had only
Just driven away
And I had just watched
Your tail lights
Fade
Off into the darkness...
But, it's been so long
So very long...
Too long
Since I last
Saw your face...
I doubt that you'll ever
Be back
Won't ever
Stop to call
And each time
I face
That horrible truth
It kills me
A little more
And I can't speak
Tonight
Can't utter
A single word
Doesn't matter, though
Because there is
Nothing left to say
Or, perhaps
There are things
Left to be said
That I need to say
It's just that
There is no one
To hear me
You aren't
Around
To listen
To what I need
To tell you
So, I just remain
In silence...
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