To Her Poem by Charlie Bain

Don't touch me
Tell me it's not real
Tell me your lying
This sorrow that I feel
It aches and it pours
It pulls at my spine
And all of my ribs
Collapse on the inside

My organs are punctured
They bleed and they ooze
My lungs leak out air
Until there's no more air to lose
Tell me it never happened
It was all a mistake
This heart-breaking news
Is more than I can take

Angry as I feel
Still I love you so
Though I do not understand:
Why did you let go?
The pain that you caused me
I cannot simply shake
This anger left inside me
This unforgiving ache

I see you as a friend
Not a lover anymore
But I still miss the touch
From the girl I loved for sure
Every time I see you
I wonder if you felt
The same pain you gave me
The pain your mother delt