thought of you ✓

i smiled [through the pain]

love,

i was forced into a support group

despite my constant refusals

and begging to go back home.

i didn't pay attention much,

all i remember is how musty the room was.

it was like all the tears that had been shed here

remained here, leaving tales behind

for those who came after them.

there was one boy

with dusty rose hair

who talked about his mom the whole time.

his smile resembled yours, and i found myself

smiling along with him throughout the time.

it was the first time i had genuinely smiled

since you left.

it felt like the clouds had parted momentarily,

the sun saying through the pouring rain,

' it'll be over soon '.

if only i would believe it.

-yumi