Page 42 of Songs for Libby

CHAPTER ELEVEN

The moment that beauty broke open

And poured out despair

The moment I learned the cost of joy

Was greater than I could bear

Her eyes never spoke to me again,

Not the way they had always been

When years were few

And wisdom was a horizon unseen

I spoke words without knowing

Like daggers they went,

Piercing the heart of the innocent

She was the innocent

Only now in life’s rearview mirror

Can I see the scars she bears

When a U-turn seems too little too late

I beg forgiveness and cry into her hair

I’m here, sweet angel

I’ve got a shoulder where you can cry

My love for you’s forever

Just please don’t ask me why

I left you

—Sean Amity