a cancer

this cigarette tasted funny
he thought
as he took one
long
last drag from it

I’ll never be the same you know
he muttered
under his breath
to her shadow

the darkened frame of the doorway
met his icy glare
as it held onto her
for only a brief second
instead of the lifetime
that he ached her to stay

as the lights burned out
one
by
one
he slowly turned in his seat
and whispered

after the last tear falls
there is love

a cellular phone rings and breaks up the silence
of a man
and his empty thoughts
of time
robbed of him
by
one woman
who shwore
he taught her love
but then shit on it