Organic Cherry Orchard

Long distance lovers

like a romance novel cover

you're the star
wearing designer faux empathy

and the love is only two dimensional

despite my desperate efforts 

to heat your icy heart to melting

I can't catch water if my hands are on fire

selective memory let you forget

my please and thank yous

and how hard I believed in you

forever only meant for now

but we both agreed to stop counting

the leaves changed and I waited

for you to fly in

and save the day

the month the year

but we are what we eat
and she carb-loaded you with cruelties
gift wrapped with indifference
like an early birthday present, stamped and mailed

that changed its mind
I can't stop choking on someone else's mistakes
long after I've forgotten what you taste like

I'll never touch

the results of our month long dedication 

so please, take all the credit

while I pretend I want closure

and am reduced to continuing to bite my tongue

to prevent from screaming

You were everything

except mine.