He calls to me. I hear him everywhere I go. I see him in the crowds of people that surround me. The ache in his heart. He broke me. I broke him to save myself. To be better for the little girls who look to me for life's answers I see the hurt in his eyes at drop off. The oldest looks just like him, acts like he used to when we were young. I will never be completely free of him. Now I look forward to her face when I wake up. Our wedding just 96 days away. He still calls to me. I choose to hear the calm of a faraway forest. There, you can scream, and no one will hear. One day I'll hear nothing, not a sound. His heart will mend. He will stop calling. |