It's Not You

Poem exploring alienation in relathionships

Last night as I sleep
I flirt with the notion of drifting away
Then I see your smile
Cold enough to make me stay awhile
To see if something will give
Waiting for you to fall
To see if I can still
Feel anything
At all

It's not you

Always apart inside
Though your hand is in mine
Can't be sure this is real
Can't even touch deep enough to feel
And if this is what remain
All that is left to say
Perhaps it would be best
If I just drift
Away

It's not you

When you whisper to me
Your voice like a memory
Of what our time has cost
All the chances I've lost
And how do I begin
To pay the price for this sin
Not trying long before
To just drift
Away

It's not you.