Locked Out

You left me like a shotgun blast.

The smoke cleared and our time had passed.

I didn’t see that curve ball coming,

until it hit me dead in the eyes.

I guess I knew we had our problems,

but could think of better ways to solve them.

*

Your words were like an acid drip

as flecks of hate fell from your lips,

reminding me vaguely of someone

who’d said much sweeter things to me.

I wish you were someone I despised.

It’d make it much easier since I’ve realized,

*

you’ve locked me out of your heart and mind.

Didn’t even leave a door or window cracked.

Left me standing outside in an emotional rain.

You’ve made it pretty clear you don’t want me back.

*

Like a one-chapter book,

or a song before the hook;

I was settling into things

while you were plotting your getaway.