Waiting Collapse

at first they hardly fought over anything
came the times they fought over everything
until one day they fought over nothing

they started out with hearts full of love
only to end up coming away empty handed
with their minds full of hurt and blames

each one with their-sided stories to tell
its almost like in some strange kind of way
they used each other to hurt themselves
from some realm of unknown knowings

they met in a hurry during desperation days
when alone was most desperate for love
he wore his best face and she wore hers
and they danced to the musics they made up
then sang a song that was never in tune

pretending away tomorrow in their fantasy
that pretending away would make things better
forging commitments into waiting collapse
then the good times didn’t last long enough
the fire that brought them together burned them
when all their hidden’s became their seen’s

laughters replaced by pain flung in reaction
the ways their energies rubbed each other wrong
when his best face and her best face cracked
into spreading fault lines coming face to face