The Night the Stars Went Out

I said it. “I’m in love with you.” And you, You just stood there. A wall. No expression. No inflection. No affection. How can you be so immovable After such a declaration? “Oh I see” is hardly an appropriate sentiment. Don’t you “see” that I ripped my heart from my chest And presented it to you, still beating, on my best china? That I tore off all of my layers, one by one, and gave them to you Wrapped with a bow? I’m naked now. But you don’t see it. Instead you avert your eyes, turn away. No, you don’t see!! This is such a sacrifice for me... To stand before you as all that I am. But you, You back away. And walk down the street. The starlight flickers, And dies.