[patrown]

Blink if you’re to weep so each eye can shed its burden
Making room for newer tears, cleansing fear from greasy curtains
There’s only sorrow in the truth if it emerges against your will
Dimensions reverse in seconds once tragedy’s revealed

Convoluted youth’s are often ignorant of their facets
We were in need of one another, like tools are to mechanics
At first we stayed aloof to a mutual attraction
tried to reproduce after a handful of interactions
the conversation brought her in, sex only a bonus
persuaded her to share the missing piece of doughnut
but would go nuts if I didn’t answer a call
even if I’d respond by texting a picture of my wall
I was never home, or alone in her mind’s eye
One day she threatened suicide, I said “fine, die”

I looked April’s picture in the eyes asking, “will it ever change?”
Tears welled up in oval windows shaking in their frames
When the mirrored glass breaks, I’ll pick up a jagged piece
Cut both wrists and write four words, “think before you speak.”