The morning I went away
the sky rained tears
Said you'd take me to the airport but you had too many beers
Taxi in the driveway, lemon yellow
Ducked the warm cage of your arms, goodbye
remembering hello
at a dive bar where it was always twilight and I wore black
A flower from the rose man, you looked at me from under your hat
The cab driver wanted to chat
but I had no words, emptied out
My cat, her eyes,
huge, frightened, blue as Spanish skies
Vomit in her cage
Full of doubt
My life is raw, unknown, everything formless, new
Walk into bars
without you
Potato chip breath men slip an arm around my shoulders
No one told me
Loneliness swirls around me like a cloak that
sometimes opens, exposing me, but
no one looks so no one sees
The morning I went away
the sky rained tears
Now I do too
Does anyone hear?