it became that way

it became that way
when he said he couldn't stay
here in this city
above the fault line
it was loves fault
i said
the earth shakes and quivers
and i am below man to believe different
he said
you have two minds
ambivalence runs between the cracks
i liked the light before the sun rose
the breaking point with water
orange
then white
bright
i turn the lights off wherever i go
they find me in the dark
i live surrounded by candles
soft light
or moon light
it wasn't meant to be that way
she explained
but he wouldn't listen
couldn't listen
to the knock hard against the door
rattling the cages of her breast bone
echoing through flesh
it's been to long
to go back
the long way in which we came