“It hurts.”

He whispered.

To no one.

“That’s what love does.”

I sighed

Trying to get a song

out of my mind.

Play

Rewind

Repeat.

He looked up at me

With teary eyes.

He was young.

We are all young sometimes.

He was a child,

But he was too old to cry.

“I can’t live like this.”

I hummed a tune.

To block the song

“Sure you can. It gets easier each time.”

“Each time you fall in love?”

“Each time it breaks your heart.”

We both shook our heads

From side to side.

He denied his heart would heal

I told him the crack wasn’t real

“You don’t know how I Feel!”

His tears turned to ice

“No. I’ve forgotten.”

I said with a smile

Silence followed

The song echoed stronger.

“Will I?”

“Huh?”

“Will I forget?”

he asked again.

I looked at him

and heard the silence.

The song was gone,

“Do you want to?”

The ice changed to light

The light changed to fire

And the fire turned to fog

“No.”

I nodded

This child was wise.

Am I the fool?

I heard him hum

A familiar song

As I walked away

There was nothing more to say.

I walked towards the silence.