Elucidating Questions

I always

Always

Shrunk away from him

From the moment it all started

His music makes my skin crawl

His presence makes me run to the one crawling in my skin

Now I just look despondent at the place he never is

And I point backwards

I went through that whole list of things I loved

Many other greats slipped past my fingers

But every time he came

I folded in

Now I just look despondent at the place he isn’t

Because they told me