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How you do you it? How do you make a man feel powerful and vulnerable at the same time? How does every span of time seem shorter when it is associated with you?
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How is it that you can stay so unperturbed while the turmoil in me in eating me whole? How is it that you can smile through your own pain when I can’t even smile through yours?
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How is it possible that I see you everyday and yet yearn to see you one last time more? How difficult will it be with you gone and not having anything to look forward to at each meal?
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How tough is it to walk up to you and tell you everything all at once? How much tougher is it to hold it all within, waiting to explode?
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How convincing can I be when I tell myself that my silence is for the best? How agreeable can I be when I reason that some man will love you more than I do?
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How calm can I be when jealousy swirls at the surface, disturbing every transient memory? How angry can I get when you praise another man, when I can see the lips that do the praising?
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How sane will I be in a few weeks from now, knowing your eyes would not meet mine for a long time to come? How brave will my spirit be, to pick up the pieces scattered plainly around me?
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