How can you tell?

How can you tell

That I am real and true

That I love absolutely everything

And the whole possibility of you?

You feel it in my touch

You feel it in my kiss

See it deep in my eyes

The way I look at you

And these words

That I wrote.

But how can I tell

That you are real and true

And that you value me as a whole

Complete person and the possibilities?

I can’t.

You leave me cold and distant

As if I’m a piece of gum

On the bottom of your collectors sneaker

My words and world completely

And utterly dismissed.

Yes you kiss, you touch, I see you.

I watch you and I know something

That I’m replaceable

How can you tell?

Because I picked up

And left you behind

To find the sunny skies

And to be my own prize