Once and again

You said it was forever. You left me standing on the road. A man called with burgers, and you left me standing on the road.

Once, twice, three times again, and a dozen times more, you left me standing on the road.

You said you would be there - one core moment after another, after another, after another...

Dollar signs dressed like apologies.

Who cares? Me? You?

No less, no more.

Again and again, in my darkest hours - reaching out to nothing, but you wished me well and promptly forgot - past your ears, over your head, and out the door. You'd later ask what happened as though it was never said. Disinterested, you'd tell me about your day.

Once, twice, three times again, and a dozen times more, you left me standing on the road.

You'd fall in love and fall away from everything else in the world, dropping soggy promises from your lips to dissolve like raindrops in the sand.

Dollar signs dressed like apologies.

Who cares? Me? You?

No less, no more.

We'll connect, do coffee, and meet for lunch. A month, six months, a year flies by - no effort, no concern. A text tossed into the void to keep me hanging on.

Once, twice, three times again, and a dozen times more, you left me standing on the road.

I'm waiting for this bus alone to nowhere and I have no more time to waste.