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Small New (reprieve)

erin

I just learned that
she’s started looking for
someone new, too


I guess I figured
with us, in limbo
silence, confusion
“i miss you"s
pictures, just for me
my asking her first
that I would get an ask
or a warning
or even a thought
instead of a joking screesnhot
of her first match
shared with our friends

I guess it’s allowed
within our terms
I guess I’m a little involved too
(Only a little)
and handled differently
but finding out like this
remarkably, flat
hurts, shocked
off-balance, mostly

I guess I don’t know
her headspace,
like I thought I did
No real connection in a month,
but I hadn’t thought it was this bad.

I guess I expected more notice
I guess I’m a bit shocked, confused
a bit offended
I guess this is the cost, of waiting, on my own

I guess I don’t quite know her, now
like I thought I did ◼︎