1. SECLUSION
Jessica C. Largado
I closed my eyes so I wouldn’t see
How you smiled at her, how you were happy
How your eyes shone brightly
How you looked at her with sincerity.
I closed my ears so I wouldn’t hear
The sweet words that you always told her
How much you loved every piece of her
And how much you’d changed because of her.
I closed my mouth so I couldn’t say
The words I’d been wanting to tell you each day
That I loved you even if your heart was away
That I loved you even if you didn’t see me.
I closed my heart so I wouldn’t feel
The pain you caused that made me ill
The pain that made me suffer for years
The pain that killed my senses, it made them disappear.
I closed the door of my heart to you
So you couldn’t enter, you couldn’t see me blue
I’ll just be inside, wait for someone brave to
Knock and do the things I wished you’d done a long time ago.