I Don'T Understand.... Poem by chantelle ribeiro

Why are you so afraid
You asked me a question
I answered
A whole world of truth came out
In my words
in your silence
I know
I always knew how you felt
Yet you run
every time you shun me
ignore your heart
tear us apart
break my spirit
murder hope
I lose myself in the pain
Swimming in the thick goo of confusion
Thrashing
Wanting to breathe
Choking on my tears,
drowning in your fears
your greed
I told you something
I thought it would make you smile
Maybe hold me for a while
Not throw me on the floor
or kick me to the curb
Never thought it would disturb
Your fragile mind
Yet you love me
I know and so do you
but the truth makes you blue
I don't understand
I never did
How your eyes look into my soul
Melting me with fire
as you walk away shoulders bent
Unhappy with yourself
My image burnt into your head