Requiem

Requiem

By Helen Barter

Without the closeness you can't be moved?

Without the distance you can't be amazed?

I let you touch me.

Fragile mind, abused body.

Remember how you distanced yourself from me?

So violently 

so unexpectedly 

that 

it 

tore 

my 

heart.

Were you amazed that I lost my mind?

Were you amazed that for years I lost belief in myself?

Now you are dead.

And I am moved to tears.