Riverside

Intense and exciting

Lips and eyes

And hands and sighs

So why is she crying?

This girl's lonely

This girl's crazy

In this, most intimate of moments

She's so very alone

No matter how close he presses

How tight he hugs her

She doesn't feel anything

Crying into his shoulder

Sliding back into her dress

Can't you see that she's terrified?

Fingernails dig in

If she lets go she just may

Shake apart

She is shaking

And it isn't the cold

No, she doesn't feel the cold

Too wrapped up in her mind

In the sudden epiphany that

I can't do this

I can't be this

Everything is moving

Too far

Too fast

The ciggarette in her hand lies forgotten

Ash inching it's way up

Perhaps even burning her before she gives up

Stubs it out

And cries some more

Curled up in her own world

His touch is a shock

She jerks at his hand

Soft and cold

Against her back

Curling tighter into herself

As his arms wraps

Trying so desperately

To offer comfort

But there is none to be had

In the arms of the unknowing aggressor

I'm so sorry

Whispered again and again

In his ear

As he nods

Telling her it's alright

He just wants to be there for her

To offer what comfort he can