Unobtrusive Tears

As we stood in the sad rain
She and I,
knowing that this was it,
the end of the road.
She looks into the beautiful, dark sky
at the smiling stars in their naked innocence
I cry unobtrusive tears
as she tells me goodbye.
Her words amputate the evening hours
and they pierce into my heart like
the mountains razorback ridges.

My unbroken heart shatters
as the rain rattles on a nearby grate.
She wraps me in a gentle embrace.
I know it will be the last.
I silently stand there,
scrounging for words
But my voice has
vanished into the still darkness.
I watch her as she slips away, joining the twilight dwellers
And I remember her touch.
A sweet, loving touch that wrapped me in
fires of warmth.

I let the trickles of tears tumble
down my cheeks as I slowly disappear.
Disappear into thoughts
of happiness and good times.
Thoughts of joy and laughter...

My mind slowly crawls out of
its happy caves
and realizes that
these thoughts
matter only to me.
Only to me
do these stay close
to my heart.
My lonely,
broken,
weeping heart.

I cling to these memories,
these times.
When all was well and good.
I must look forward and let go.
I must move on and find joy once again.
I must...
I must...

The dampness of my sullen body
brings me back to the here and now.
She is gone.
It is done.

I pull my jacket on
and let it envelope me in warmth
as I walk
alone and sad
into the thick,
black
night.