Crusted tears at the corners.
They looked like
they would be fixed
at your lids forever.
For a second,
I thought I'd be the last one
to watch you
smile, but I was quick to realize that
if that were true, why
the whole world would fold,
all the seas would drain,
the oxygen in the air would fizzle,
and there wouldn't be much
reason to fight.

e.campagna