Five minutes

Five minutes

Hey can we talk

for just a minute

or maybe even two

I know your busy somewhere

In your mind

but if I could have

just five minutes

It would not be for nothing

or even a waste of your time

I was laying alone last

night in our bed

and you were right

beside me so

I wondered where

you are

in your mind and in your

heart

I guess I must be out

of your thoughts now

so we must be pretty

far apart

I was just wondering

when did we fall apart

we have been together for ten

years through good times and

all the bad

I know we are both sitting

here and know we

are both at home

yet I feel like your never

there and I feel so damn

alone

what happened did

I do something wrong

you even change the station

now when you hear

our song.

You see I am only human

and I cannot read you

mind I am not an empath

Who can read emotions

I am only a man who has

his faults and do not know why

so can we act like we

are adults and talk

It over or am

I late like I always am

as we are done then

tell me so I am not

alone for nothing

but please can you tell

me what did I do

I am lost and I am

confused I am not

sure what to do

I am sorry if that is not

what you want to hear

I can not stand the silence

where the laughter used

to be

and the quiet is so noisy

that it makes it hard for

me to see

I can see you sitting there

looking all around but you

do not ever see me or hear me

cry at all

It is like I am invisible

and you have already

moved on

am I dead? I do not think so

I feel my heart as it breaks

Into the pieces of a

broken heart that may never

heal

my soul has been crying

while my mind is asking

why

but I have no answers I can

tell them

the love we had has faded

and the memories now jaded

so maybe I should just go

seems you already packed

and left our broken home

maybe one day you will

remember how much

that I loved

you and still do

but a love that is not equal

that is ignored or not returned

Is not living a life of love

anyway

my five minutes are up

and I see that you are gone

so thank you for being

here even though

Your heart and mind

are gone

maybe tonight

I will see you in our bed

that was made for me and

you if I do at least say

you can say

hi but if not how about

saying goodbye

then I will know what

I need to do.

Poet Richard M Knittle Jr.

A #Poets Journey