SMUDGE

You were a ghost

even though I look like Caspar

When you couldn’t fulfill my needs after I asked explicitly

that child in me resorted to independence

then I no longer needed you

And I refuse to keep bending over backwards for

someone who can’t differentiate saw vs. seen

I’m sorry, but honestly, I don’t give a fuck if I ever see you again

you were like a ghost to me

I can’t keep living my life in fiction

I’m too pendant, though there were a few things

that were hard to envision

but my life is thriving without you

You should’ve taken me seriously

I wasn’t kidding, not even slightly

So go find less where they’re still a little boy

and maybe you’ll understand what it feels like when

someone doesn’t listen when you speak gently