Pearl-gray

Only you,

See the world

in black and white

His insults meant to

Spurn her

I prefer

Pearl-gray

She sarcastically answers

Then and there,

She took her pencil to paper

The pressure of her words

Embossed on the page after

“Snap” of the pencil tip

A number 2,

etched

into the side-

As they slide between the sheets.

Sharing their heat

Skimming,

With out any real comprehension

Like flipping through a pages of a book

He never intended to read

This is their tipping point

A haunting reminder

It takes two

A second of a faction

A place in time

Is not as divine

How easily,

he did not treat her

as a priority...

To him,

She is was no queen!

Just someone for his ego to demean

More of an option,

the letters darken

with each trace,

of graphite

writing out the word

OPTION

Her senses heightened

The heartache did frighten

Piercing a hole through the paper

Her words came to a literal halt

What a spectacle

She crumbled the lined paper

She used to keep her thoughts straight

Sometimes,

Finding the right words, can be hard...

As we stumble,

to discover their meaning.

Transfixed,

Her hands shook

As she threaded together

Her dignity,

Waving goodbye to her virginity

In pen,

her words glided,

as if rolled off the tongue

Of lips, freshly French kissed

The smooth darkened ink

doesn’t not smear,

as she tries desperately,

to catch a single tear

For every year-

Wasted on waiting

Without exception,

elegantly,

her head spun, scenarios

Many ways yes’

To no’s

The reverse

No’s to

Yes’

the conversation

could have ended better?

No rest;

Even the flies,

did not sputter

For her,

Word choice, straightforward

and as smooth as churned butter...

Her hands callused

From the grip

She held firmly,

Onto

An idea

of their future

Wrapping up the blame

of her actions

Just as the spider,

preys on the fly

Do not cry

For you did try

You,

Only you,

See the world

in black and white

I prefer

Pearl-gray

She sarcastically answers

Truthfully, she sees grayish

Colorless future skies in his eyes

That’s when the heart knows,

This puppy love,

just

died