Inch by Inch

Inch by inch

I felt my way

Through the dark spots in your mind.

Excavation helped me know

Who we were,

And how we fell.

Every day I’d

Hold you tight.

Succumbing when you left.

The atlas game

Of where you went;

It always left me spent.

My feet stayed stuck

On dreams I had

Of you and I so strong.

I wasn’t scared

And you held still

While I lifted up my voice.

Step by step

I found the path

Through all your troubled halls.

I took the time

To learn your heart;

But how were you with mine?

Fingertips stretched

Out to walls—

The holes are filled with fear.

The long dark road

Of your bothered mind

Is all that brought me here.

I’d take the pain;

And I guess I did.

I never once gave up!

My steps were small

And the road was long,

I didn’t really need an end.

Just your smile,

Your listening smile.

As we turned into more than friends.

That’s what I got,

That’s how it was.

At least for a moment I lived.

No apologies here,

Not from this girl—

What have I to apologize for?

I loved you!

That hurts to say.

I hear you laughed at me.

Is it just this?

Are we now gone?

You closed the maze of doors.

I’m just a girl

You held close once—

It’s on your face that you don’t care.

Are you okay?

I’d like to hear

The newest ups and downs.

Can we be friends?

Now that it’s done—

Strangely you won’t look at me.

Here’s my face—

This brave one’s on!

It’s fake cause that’s your game.

Inch by inch

I felt my way

Through halls I did not own.

Inch by inch

I touched your face

And thought your heart would grow.

Inch by inch

And step by step

We never learned our way.

Inch by inch

Let’s go again

And take our time this round.

Inch by inch

I’m reaching now

For the latest page in mine.

Inch by inch

I’ll go along—

I’ll feel okay in time.