No Tear to Hide

I see no pity now that we're apart. The ending came, and quietly I

let it fall. What once was fervor dwindled to a spark. And habit held

us more than love at all. The days grew dull, we spoke in

measured tones. Two strangers charting out a life once shared. I missed your

touch, but only as one notes. An absence long-expected, long-prepared.

Your nights out told the truth before your words. New clothes, new laughter,

none of it from me. I watched, resigned, as all your

footsteps turned toward places where I no longer seemed to be. And when you