The Ache

They covered an ache with another ache,
Telling the sky that the pain should be over
A lonely fleeting moment stolen from the proper grievance process
A side-step from reality dancing painfully away.

Pretend its gone,
Pretend it never happened
It doesn’t change the fact that it did.

An ache covered still aches
The wound grows deeper as the time required was refused
An awkward moment as the man looks down wanting to know but not willing to.

Smiles plaster the ache inside,
The time refused from that heart of mine
Laughter mocks an empty building
Empty from memories that can never be relived