Her By Walden Quinn Caesar

I stand before you now,

Silent, patient, waiting

New to you,

Yet more me

Than I've ever been

While you,

Look anywhere

But at me

Using your foot

To try and cover

The cracks

In a floor

You thought 

Was solid

But I could

Always see 

It breaking 

Little pieces,

Flaking

Away

And I'm wondering

Now,

How 

Can we move forward

When you won't

Even look

At me

Could you ever

Accept me

Knowing

I'll never be

Her

Again

Walden Quinn Caesar is a nonbinary poet, novelist and author living in Southeast Indiana with their family. They have had a chapbook, novel and hybrid novel published by Alien Buddha Press, have a full length poetry collection due in November and just published a chapbook with Jude Miller. They've been published in numerous online and printed anthologies, and are the creator, editor and reviewer at Walden's Poetry & Reviews.