Then The Tears Came

I sat and stared at the words in your letter,

they jumped off the page

and slapped me across the face.

And I don't know which stung more,

my cheek or my heart.

I sat and stared at what you had written,

I blinked several times in disbelief.

I never expected to see those words come from you,

So cold, so heartless, so void of feeling.

This must be a joke, a very cruel hoax,

These words were not written by you,

The you that I knew was loving and kind,

who used words to encourage and heal.

No, this couldn't be you

I thought as I stared,

This isn't something you'd do.

Not the you that I knew, or

...didn't know,

That's it!

I never saw this side of you.

I never knew you at all.

And then the tears came.