You've not looked into my eyes,
Or spoken to me in weeks
When we lie in bed together
I can not feel the warmth
Of your flesh - so I cry
Silent tears as moonlight
Flows into the shadows
Of what were once fond memories

You drink your coffee
As if your mind is still
Captured in a world of dreams
I ask myself if I still
Love you - but I feel the void
Between us growing
And it frightens me

Outside the wind sweeps away
What are the last vestiges
Of what were once beauiful leaves
Tinted by the golden sun of autumn
Now I watch you leave - you take
Your hat and coat and woolen scarf
The one I bought you for Christmas

Later, I know you will call
To tell me that you will be
Staying late at the office
When finally you return,
I will smell the faint odor
Of infidelity upon your shirt

And I wonder how much longer
It will last, now that our words
Have fallen into silence, now
That my heart melts like snow
On a dark and dirty city street

From Acrophobia: A Collection Of Love Poems