empathy

we just

took a step together

why did you have to 

tear it apart

we just

said the word forever

why did you have to

break my heart?

if i just keep busy

and hide from my coworkers

the mother

the poet

the teenagers

then i'll be ok

my bright blues 

won't be blurred

by the serious browns 

watching me

no matter what they see

(hide)