Rays in the Dark

Calm before the Storm

If you were the weather,

would you still be unpredictable?

A cool, spring day for a moment,

then a raging year-long storm,

tearing anything and anyone in its path

to ribbons.

You say you love me

just before locking your doors

and boarding up all the windows.

I never thought I could be this confused.

I never thought you would change so fast

but here we are.

I'm standing on your street.

I can see the tree we hid in

when we were twelve.

Now you're opening up your front door

to invite me in,

but I'm not sure what you'll say.

Your hair is a mess.

Did I wake you?

No... there's an Altima in the driveway.

You were just with her.

Even after everything she did

you took her back,

if only for one more heartbreak.

I remember you promising

that she was gone.

You two were over.

Said and done,

but she's laying in your bed at midnight

when you're supposed to be with me.

How many nights did I waste

asking you to come back to me?

Would you look over at all,

to see me waiting for you?

Or will you just change your mind,

calling her back to you over and over again?