It was never something new, something

that came out of the blue,

I was always an irrelevance to you;

I saw it in your eyes and felt it

strangle me when you would

go out of your way to hold

a smile for me despite knowing

full well you truly despised me.

 

It was in your handshake,

the “What’s your name again”,

you found such a laugh on that cold

winter’s night in church

and the silent accusations looking down

from self-imposed high and mighty position