walk away from

Sitting in an empty tub in the dark
I can still see exactly
where each tan line fades to white
from here.

Don't need the lights on to recall
every curve, and fold, and flaw of my body
I could map them out for you
like directions to my parents' house.

But you know every inch of this skin
and you don't need a map
and you can remember the way
to my parents' house all on your own, so
you don't need me anymore.

I opened my heart wide, and you came near
and loitered there at the door but you never walked through;
so I'll just close it up again, and I'll pretend
like nothing ever happened
because
nobody wants to be the one
that somebody else had the will and the strength
to walk away from.