It’s there in the middle of the room.
Why can’t you see what everyone can see?
I guess there’s not much more we can say
Yet it has been there all this time,
Something you just could not leave and let be
Forcing him out before noon.
It’s been years and you let yourself
walk well beyond that moral line.
When you turned your back to integrity
It was clear you had gone too far.
Your private world was broken
So you had him carry your burdens with his.
You weren’t going to let him get away
And maybe that’s the reason he now can’t stay.
It’s not easy telling you this
That you are not where you belong.
This life you’re stuck on to play
Has impacted not just anyone.
The hard truth makes you want to stop this stay,
Something you just couldn’t walk away from when you should
Bringing us here too early and too soon.
It’s been years and you keep telling yourself
that your relationship is nothing and simple and fine.
When you crossed that ethical line
You claimed her as yours even from afar.
Keeping her as your token
Even though ultimately there was nothing to be gained.
Unwilling to stand up and walk away,
And maybe that’s the reason you now can’t stay.
I don’t think it was ever a waste
But it’s been there where we’ve crossed that space.
And your private world was broken
To his public one that was before and is now.
You weren’t going to let him even have a say,
And maybe that’s the reason he now can’t stay.
It’s plain as day still there, in the middle of the room.
And maybe that’s the reason you now can’t stay.
And maybe that’s the reason for the end of this stay.
Maybe that.
06.27.21
© Kerri. L. Stanley
