Waiting

You smile at me. You are trying.

I smile back,

but it doesn't reach my eyes.

You notice.

You stay quiet.

Waiting.

Waiting for something

that might never come.

Waiting for me

to come back to you.

My brain says I should.

My heart says I shouldn't.

Internal turmoil.

Frustration.

Torn in two.

My heart is winning the fight.

Emotion winning over logic.

I’d give you an ending,

but like everything else here,