unloveable

door slams
small girl sits alone
wondering why
he left
and if he’ll come back
does he love me?
did I do something wrong?

the questions echo
bouncing off the corners of her mind
never finding companion answers

anger explodes
love dissolves
faith is a myth
another door slams

young woman sits alone
and cries out
why did he leave?
does he love me?
am I loveable?
will anyone stay?

passage of time
only makes the echoes of
questions
and slamming doors
louder
and louder

grown woman sits alone
fighting the flood of tears
tired of slamming doors
accepts she is unlovable
that no one will stay

in that room
she sits
still
alone
... in the quiet