second try.

like any other punctuation

mark

it ends

and begins

cutting in and out

of all the other words

impolitely

it interrupts

like me

when i have something

i really need to say

but you don't let me

you raise your voice

until i silence my sounds

and wait

for you-

then i stay quiet,

because i waited

and my words

disappeared.

(slash)

i hushed,

because you were falling asleep.

and i kept thinking

tomorrow

is when you will go

and then

all i can do is look at pictures.

in the morning

i woke to the sound of your alarm,

and decided not to watch you.

i chose to stay

and forget

and drift

and maybe,

by the second half of morning

you will be gone.

(morning)