Almost Alone

Silence hung
like
spider webs
when we drove you home
with only
the faint splashes
from the scattered
puddles on the cratered
highway

You left without a word
and I waved you off
dismissively

Afterwards I stood in
the wet driveway
that glowed blue from
my neighbor's siding
and tried to
think of nothing
I listened to the hum of
the light above the door
and forgot you

And everything I own
is dissolving
Everyone I know
is becoming someone
I don't
And here I am
almost alone
waiting for the one
to say
stick with me
and I will carry you home.