Passageways

After these years of knowing you
I had come to realize
I have not once cried in front of you.
I’d always known the effect it had on other men
You caught me at the right moment last night
looking at my feet
trying to turn away from you
and you told me not to

I looked straight at you
and the moonlight sparkled off the streaks
the inner core of it like glass
crystalized, you were hypnotized
my soul laying there, open bare

You couldn't remove your gaze
I tried to look down once more
but you reached over to lift my chin
stuck inside again

I could tell though I wouldn't tell you
I saw every millimeter of your heart
rip away from the lining of your chest

and you gave it back to me.
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