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Remission
by Danielle ErnstHe walks by
no smile, no expression
not a single blunt confession
of how he's driving me away
Another day
with no compassion
or any willing interaction
save a smile for manners sake
I peek again
safe behind my inhibitions
and a solid gray partion
my cubicle fortress, deep and safe
He looks away
Does he even know I miss him?
that I'm regretting my decision,
that halfway chance we chose to take
They're always watching
in a predatory fashion
they look to me to take some action
despite the tension they create
We crossed that line
and to avoid is now his mission
at every cost, averts his vision
hides the eyes that may betray
the fact that
he's pretending not to listen
as the infatuated beating
of the heart I'm holding, bleeding
slowly fades
it slowly dies
a simple nod-he turns away-
acknowledgement becomes the highlight of my day
04/14/2006 Author's Note: 4/2006
Posted on 04/14/2006
Copyright © 2026 Danielle Ernst
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 04/14/06 at 03:43 PM I love the rhyme scheme of this, and the implied story behind the piece, what it has done to you, and holding on to that last line's significant crumb. |
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