his perspective

i saw you
sneak up the stairs
in this twin home
full of absent minded lovers.
yes,
i saw you.

you waited for a moment
when you thought
they wouldn't notice
but i did
i saw you.

you crept around
broken bottles
and summer skin
and stole my heart
as you stole their liquor

and then
you saw
me
studying you
that glance burned a hole
right through this thick skin of mine
and beamed right through my
soul.

& as quickly as the burn scarred me
you were gone
and i was up as quickly as
thunder follows a lightning bolt
striking a powerline

i met you at the stairs
breathless
i questioned
"what are you doing?"

she froze
and her blue hollow gaze
met my hazel eyes
& she choked
"suffering."

her quiver brought a hurricane
within my heart
and her tear filled eyes
filled my lungs

i saw her
as she was
and her brokenness made me whole

"don't go"
i managed to breathe
but as quickly as she had stolen my heart and liquor
she was gone
locked away in her suffering.

i saw you
yes,
i saw you
for who you really were
a broken girl
who i am now
desperately in love with.