SILENCE

Stay silent.
Stay squirming.
Search your mind
for the right thing to say.
You will not find it.
You cannot take away
the pain I feel
with mere words.
I thought
we were in this together.
Us against the world.
The world came knocking
and you pretended
you weren't home.
Cowering behind your ignorance.
Leaving me
to face it alone.
The world
took its toll on me.
And forever
I will remember
how your awkward silence
destroyed us both.