I'd say hello
You'd just smile and turn away
With your back straight and sadly visible
But your smile kept contained to a flash of teeth
No warmth in your eyes
And my voice would die within my throat
Never crawling past my lips
in a torrent of befuddled silence
Your demeanor would be crisp
As though my pain, the shunning
Was inconsequential to your indifference
And maybe it is, but I'll never know
If you just hide it well
I never thought it would come to this
This hopeless waving
Our faces find each other in the halls
But our tongues have nothing to say anymore
I used to wonder what I did wrong
What subtle clue I missed or ignored
That revealed your waning of interest
I search through the dusty halls
Of my memory
For a reason for your freezing glance
A transgression that galled you so
But my hands come up empty
I wanted to know what was wrong with me
But I've come to realize
That friendship is a delicate thing
Nothing is wrong with me
Or you
It's the us that has withered, dried
And curled upon itself
To wreak havoc upon what we thought we were
So it has come to this
One last goodbye, but no more chances
And we move on like ships frozen to a course
I'm so sorry
