Nothing you can keep

She hesitated.
Just a moment.
Just enough that he knew
she would always feel this way.
You can’t unknow something.
You can’t unfeel it.
You can’t take it back.
They both knew
but it didn’t matter.
The same reasons
that brought them together
meant they couldn’t
stay that way.
You can’t love something,
someone,
so much that you give up
everything else,
everyone else,
even yourself
and survive.
You can’t hide
from that kind of passion.
It always finds you in the end
and it always demands to be fed.
It takes all that you can give
and then it takes the rest.
It makes no exception.
It gives no apology.
It leaves behind
nothing
you can
keep.