In the moment that
I needed you the most,
you disappeared
and it severed
the last leg I had
to stand on.

I was bereft of hope
and left to decay
in the home that
we built together.

While I withered away,
I sifted through the ashes
of our lives that once were,
decomposing like a sunflower
starved of sunlight and rain.

If anyone asked,
I would tell them
that you weren't
a terrible person;
you were just lost
and on a journey
to find yourself.

If anyone asked,
you would complain
about the corrosion
and...