November 1999

You smile at me with an empty smile.

I watch you look at me; your gaze is hollow.

You’re with me, yet you’re not.

Our words echo around the room.

I hear them but to me, they’re just a foreign language,

Bouncing around my mind, making no sense.

I listen to your voice. It sounds so emotionless.

It feels like I’m not really here, just a stranger looking in.

So this is it. It’s all over, everything we have or had.

The day I’ve been dreading for so long has finally arrived.

One last tearful hug to say goodbye, you hold me.

The one thing that used to give me so much strength

Is now only making me feel really weak.

You say you love me but if it were true you’d stay.

For just a moment I think you’re going to,

But then you let go, turn, walk away.

I’m left standing here with tear stained cheeks.

You’re gone.