she is a monster
doesn’t belong in the
world of reality.
she has her demons
screaming inside her head
drowning out all other thoughts.
he is a ghost.
disappeared behind the
world of reality.
he is invisible
but only he is exposed
to the truth of pain.
she sees the world with monsters
and ghosts.
she sees the world with him and her.
she can see the cracks
inside his eyes.
she can see the pain
in his smile
he sees the world with ghosts
and monsters.
he sees the world with her and him.
he can see the truth
inside her eyes.
he can see suicide
in her smile.
she doesn’t want to understand.
she wants this to be clueless.
but his eyes tell more than
his mouth ever could.
he wants to stay.
he wants to pretend he doesn’t know.
but her smile screams the truth louder than
her mouth ever could.
she walks away from
her demon.
he walks away from
his trigger.
she walks away from
the truth.
he walks away from
the known.
they each walk away
with emptiness in their
bones and
loneliness in their
hearts.
and with the final breath
they each walk away
from their death
and their heart beats just a little less.
