Either Way

You break my heart either way

Whether you come for me or not

You leave me like a wet persimmon

I am cut and I am raw.

A feeling just above my breast

Heaviness and lightness that converge

You are the snake that can digest

Itself, it's body, and then so purge.

I am the grass you slide across,

Tasting, touching what you will

Although I try, I cannot kill--

To lose yourself is the greatest loss.

It costs me everything I once knew

Losing hopes and finding fears

Near where I thought I had left you that day

And whether you came for me or not, you broke my heart either way.