The Hitch Hike

I couldn't figure out why I kept letting you haunt me---

I thought we were past all of this

You and me and her and he

but I guess not

The thing of it is---

I let my guard down---

just in the slightest

just to let you say you missed me

because I wanted to hear it and not because you meant it

And I was reminded of the triplicates

and the way I knew the worth less ness of distance

and the mistakes we repeated in the name of romanticism

We were the same

you and me---

spending all our days loving life

and our nights loathing ourselves