DUST

You never wanted us captured

Not in the eyes of others, and we even struggled in the eye of the camera

Now I know why…

Our images captured are a lie, for when I stare at them now I can see the anxiety fisted in your eyes

The distance between us is close enough to be of friends… and not lovers

My presence next to you that of a visiting spirit, only known to your heart

Now I know why

Perhaps you were afraid of a leak, that somehow the façade you’d so well-orchestrated on your side would leak

And that it would lead to my leave… of absence in your life

Imagine this, I did leave and now I keep staring at these pictures

It is amazing how I no longer breathe there

I cannot see myself or us

Only you… dust