I want your honest opinion, people: Do I fail at poetry?
Standard disclaimer applies
Liar
Moonlight in your hair
You say you have to go
"Why?" I ask
You look towards the ground
"It's an order."
"But, why?"
You look towards the moon
"for us."
"Let me come. I can help."
You look towards the ground again.
"No one can help me."
You look at me and smile.
"but I'll be back"
You turn to leave
"Wait"
"Promise me"
That moment,
Looking back at me,
smiling in the moonlight,
You were truly beautiful.
"I promise."
You left and I waited
and waited
and waited
It could have been ten days, or it could have been ten thousand years
I'll never know
Time meant nothing
Nothing until I could feel it,
half of my heart,
dying.
I don't have to ask
Why Xigbar comes into my room
In the middle of the night
"I'm sorry," he says
"He didn't make it."
Anguish ripped at my soul
And the half of a heart you left me
I cry
And I cry
And the only thing that crosses my mind is:
You promised
You promised
How could you lie?