Driftwood

I'm too young to lay down and die
and too numb to cry
but this hurts -
this empty space
in the place
where my heart once was

people like you do harm
laden with charm
forever coming in and of people's lives
like driftwood

I should have had damage limitation
from you
so that your words
and the way you looked right into me
wouldn't matter

they wouldn't even matter
after all these years.


(c) JH