So I Blinked

Woman with Closed Eyes - Leonardo DaVinci

I've watched over you

Through your darkest hours

When unhappiness

Tore a wound so deep

I could see straight through you

It was too gruesome

To near observe - so I blinked

Turning my head

Just for a little while

To calm my anxiety

When I dared look back

I was stunned-shocked-stricken by
What I did not see

It was empty ...

The place where your heart

... Should have been