The Shortest Distance

and sink to the floor,
closing my laptop.
He's so incredible
and so so far away. Those eyes
see right through me
and it's almost like
he likes what he sees.
But how?
I'm a fuckup.
Everyone says so.
Catie's family blames me
for her death-
at the funeral he father walked up to me
spat in my face
and told me so.
"This is all your fault. If you
hadn't met our daughter,
Caitlin would be happy
with us. She wouldn't be gone.
It should be you in that coffin."