I'm right in front of you.
Why can't you see me;
silently screaming,
violently whispering,
waiting for you to see
how every step is toward you
and your destructive affection.
Side steps are forced to protect
fragile necessity.
Smile, smirk, watch it all collide
into place.
***
Leaning in for one last goodbye
I could smell the unmatchable mix
of cologne, deoderant and wool
that only his chemistry commanded.
I lingered and let it seep into my memory.
I had to remember this.