Chapter Six: Sold

(i.)
Not long after that day,
I looked out my window,
To find something
I least expected.

There was a sign
On your front lawn;
"FOR SALE"
It said.

I was speechless.
So this is what has been
Bothering you for the
Past weeks. You were moving.

I had so many questions
I wanted answered.
Why? Where? When?
My head started to spin.

(ii.)
I ran to your house,
Wanting to knock the sign down.
I saw you standing by your window,
Your green eyes looking at me sadly.
You knew that I knew.

You disappeared.
I knew you were coming.
I ran.
And ran.

I knew you were following me.
My eyes started to sting
With held back tears.
And the back of my throat
Started to hurt.

I had convinced myself
That I was only dreaming.
That you would never leave me.
This was just a nightmare.

(iii.)
When I thought you couldn't
See me anymore, I stood
Behind a tree to catch my breath.
And pinched myself.

I wasn't dreaming.
This was reality.
He was leaving.
I fell to the ground,
Unable to move.
I cried myself to sleep right
There by the tree.

(iv.)
I woke to find the sun
On my eyes.
I must have been asleep for hours.
The sun had started to set.

I walked home as slowly as I could.
As I turned towards my door,
I looked back to find the sign
Staring straight at me.

I went to my room and
Pulled my curtains.
I didn't want to see you.
I didn't want you to see
How devastated I was.

(v.)
You tried to talk to me
For the next week,
But I never replied.
I lived on.
But I was a zombie.

I couldn't take it anymore
However, so I pulled my
Curtains out.
My room hadn't seen the sun
For days.

Horror stood before me.
Over-lapping the "FOR SALE" sign
Was a much worse one.
"SOLD"

You stood there.
With your gray hoodie.
Your hair sparkled in the sun.
Your emerald eyes looked straight at me.
I pulled my curtains in.