You Can’t

You can't be over it.

You can't have moved on.



Do you really feel nothing?

No bile rising in your throat at the thought of me kissing another?

Holding another?



You can't imagine me

Up all night

Someone else's messages making me smile

Making me clutch my phone to my chest

Grinning at the ceiling



How could you hear me

Talk of potential others

Potential replacements

People who might be able to make me as happy as you once did

And not bat an eye?



How do you not flinch

At the sight of me with another

Laughing,

Hand on leg

Eyes captivated.



You can't be over it



You can't.
© Mia Joseph, 2023