Split and Steal

Perhaps it was the unspoken
Tears held back
Expressions controlled
Across the table,
you lied.

Our love on pause
You hid your card
Mine marked play,
Yours delete.

You never showed up
To the reveal,
Where I held my card up
And you walked away
Rich and free.

But I would have let you win
Let you keep it all
You didn't have to hide away
Keep your silence about the choice you made.

Didn't you know?
I don't need anything from you
I would have let you go.

Now, instead,
We're strangers
Afraid of words
Afraid to find each other
Again.

-Noemi Garcia Rigsby