Pest (1/2)

Sorry, I didn't mean that

Passed you a note instead

You're too quiet, something's off

Every action, carefully painted in red

Head turns away but I hear your scoff

Sorry, I didn't mean that

Gave me a look

No words between us

Oops, I misunderstood

Didn't mean to make a fuss

Sorry, I didn't mean that

I thought this was the time

Foreign to the signals you sent me

Can I rewrite that line?

Please, neither of us should leave

Seconds swept past even faster

Whirlwinds through my mind

Lost more than I could muster

You're going to leave me behind?

It happened in a second

Broke out of your cage

Are you discontent?

Don't act, this isn't a stage

Saying you were fine

Just to trap yourself again

Please give me a good sign

Show me you, honest & unrestrained

Before, I missed the moment

Yet here I was-

Hours passed like seconds,

Quick, feels like a blur

Another added to my list of mismanagements

Rushed out along the city's stirr

Didn't mean to be late

Said it was the traffic

My actions worsening your state

Guilty, mind full of panic

Only after you insulted me

Have I stopped being "a chore"

Only after silence pushed us apart

Have I started mending more than ever before

Only after you distanced

Have I deciphered what went wrong

Only after your words grew tainted with lies

Did I learn it won't last long

Only after the ruins of us started to weather down

Did I say nothing, unable to assert

Only after it was over

Did I see us start to hurt

Outstretched, barely missing by a hair

Guess you already forgot

Don't try to repair

What we've lost

Found out way too slow

Both of us, full of sorrow

Can't move on but forced to go

Didn't mean to be cargo

Too late, churning too fast

Stumbling, revolting words strewn together

This- my first, will be my last

Unreplaceable, nothing will ever be better