Half light

By: Danny Dodger

Hours exhausted just laying there

Corpse molded into the satin sheets

Eyes open by means of dull interest

Silent dead air of a phone near her ear

Velvet black hair strung across her face

That rasped breath pressed from her lips

What a flawless smile twisted upside down

Chipped nails painted the absence of color

Limits to her unstable mentality exceeded

Paralyzed as she repeats his words over

No degree of love was saved for her

Not a drop of compassion shown

So now she lays here for now

Wide awake in the half light

As the sun set tonight

Four words not said

I love you too