my background
or family against me.
What the actual fuck!
I—I didn’t mean…
Oh, I think you did.
I knew this would happen.
I’m not doing this with you. This is trash.
Watch how fast I’ll be out of your life!
I’d rather take Grammy back to our freezing apartment
than spend one more second with you.
I watch in horror
as Lyric stomps
off ahead of me
back toward the house.
I know I should go after her
say I’m sorry
hold her in my arms
let her know that this
isn’t fake for me.
That our kiss last night
and these past weeks have been
so good with her.
But I don’t. I can’t.
Everything is too messed up
too turned around.
So, I stay locked in place
my boots sinking farther
and farther into a wet snowbank.
I don’t call out.
I watch her become
