You Went Sideways

Love lost...

 

You went sideways

And I didn't know how to follow.

But I tried, tripping down the hill

Where you once picked me

Daisies and bluebells.

I slipped on their petals and

Found myself drenched in

Their floral sweat.

I could see the back of you

Running faster with each step,

I could only watch you disappear.

Once we had rolled down that hillside

Laughing, because we couldn't stop.

Our souls briefly free,

You turned to me,

And I picked away at the blade of grass

Stuck to your forehead.

You said only this:

I will never run.