I love you I said // Gemma Abbott

I love you I said
And he said nothing
And I know this about myself
That I have so much love
That where I see a vacuum of it
I can always find some to pour in and fill the space.
But this singularity that has opened up

 

inside of him is yawning wide

 

I love you I said
And he said nothing
As I tried to fill that

hollowness with that love

 

As I filled it with tears
After all these years
I still love you I said

And he said Nothing

He just sat there like a stone
With no cracks
To help to try and prize him open
With no breath inside
No oxygen to ignite
Not even a tiny spark
And begin to light up

what was there before

 Because it was

There

Before

Photograph by Sereja Ris

I love you I said
Even as this stone might seem a stranger

I could still see him in there
And I could see him

searching my eyes

To try
To try and see himself

I love you I said

And he said

Well he did say

I love you too

But he sat there so silent
That he might as well have said

Nothing.

Written by Gemma Abbott for Magical Women