Charcoal

So close to having someone
A paved passage, charcoal in shade
Escaping the dropping star
Don’t leave me alone
A downcast weep falls sideways from your lips
Unnoticed, like a weed
(Growing through a crack in the pavement)
What makes you so scared of lingering, staying now and here?
Are we followed? Is it close now?
It’s leaving your eyes, you’re leaving my side
Do I follow?