Unremembrance Day

Something happened -

at some point in your eyes as

they looked up from your phone

or stared down at your pint.

You wouldn't tell me what,

well not with any words but

I could see it in the way that

even your shadow trembled.

Perhaps it was something I did

or that I didn't say often enough,

more likely the way you made me

ashamed of being me too much.

Welrod whispers hissed amongst

the voices I heard in my head

as I tried to forget watching you

walk away and not looking back.