HEARTLESS
We were talking
Standing outside
Your eyes over bright
Black tear tracks making stains down my cheeks
Brown tattered hurt
Pink spiked pain
You said that I hurt you
By caring about you
But you cared about me
My heart was pounding in my throat
I was shaking
You stood like a rock
Contained
Quiet night to my manic day
We stood awkwardly
Staring into each others' eyes
Looking away
Trying to let you in
Trying to keep you out
Battling with myself
Hurting you, for you, because of you
Caught in the tide
I felt so young
Exactly how you described me
And suddenly you looked so old
Exactly how you described yourself
You held out your arms to me
Let me rest my head on your shoulder
Wrapped your strong arms around me
I felt you shake
As if with a sob
Or thought I did
You kissed my temple
Lightly
And pulled away
And left
And in that instant
That kiss
I knew that you would never give
Your heart
To me
Because it had been stolen already
And taken beyond the veil
The original version stopped at "and left" and I didn't add much else. Gods, I hate men.