Why?

By Vaniecia Williams

Why did you walk into my life

only to walk out of it five minutes later?

You came to me . . .

You pursued me . . .

You asked me . . .

You shared with me.

Then you have an epiphany about a long time friend

Suddenly, we cease to exist.

“I love her beyond us being friends”  

“I prayed and made a promise to God that I have to keep”

“I don’t want you to hate or be angry with me”

“I just want you to understand that I have to follow my heart.”

What about me?

Scared to tell me . . .

Scared to hurt me . . .

Scared to lose me . . .

So what does that say?

Didn’t expect to fall so hard?

Yeah you know, we both know

Yeah I love you, so do you

There I said it, you said it too . . .

Why?

This poem was written for a friend who lost the man in her life to another woman.  It was based on her description of events.