Broken

sitting here
waiting for the sound –

–of your voice

singing,
calling me.

i hear the pitter-pattering –

–of children playing –

–hide and seek,
looking for you.

i watched as the leaves
slowly fall from the trees
masking the pale pavements
with green and amber.
i counted every second that passed me by
as i waited for your call.
i waited and waited, silently.
your vivid voice lingers in my mind.
telling me that you still love me,
like before, you still do.
but that ended just a mere hour ago.
your ‘goodbye’ was the most painful,
saddest word i ever heard.
my heart was torn into peices.
my mind churned in horrid ambition –

–i still love you.

you walked away as if i was nothing.
you left me lying, broken –

–on the pale pavement.

i hear your footsteps echoing
into nothingness.
as i watched you walk away,
i got up, pulled myself together
and i –

–sat down.

looking at the crimson skies,
as i wait here, sitting.

©leo.banares