S ara
Sara
Sara — stop
Sara!
please Sara
stop
Sara
look at me
Sara please
please listen
I’m sorry
I can still hear him
didn’t need to listen
I already knew
already knew
what love sounded like
when it lied
when it cried
when it died
when it died
when love died
it sounded like him
my lost trust sounded like him
my broken heart sounded like him
my lost years sounded like him
my worst fears sounded like him
so I just kept walking
put my head down
kept walking
never looked back
never going back
no
never going back
never again
never
never
not ever
*
rob kistner © 2021
Poetry at: dVerse
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