Your arm wraps around her,

engulfing her slender shoulders,

as a pit unfurls in my core—

the greenest ever.


His eyes twinkle as he looks at her;

How could they not,

when she is the perfect angel?


You grin as she laughs,

hanging on her every word,

as if she were a godsend.

I grow colder.


His feet move to her rhythm

as he watches her dance,

eyes transfixed by her joy.


You forgot me.

But I remember everything-

all too well.