Eye Daggers

I watched you
walk
down your driveway
toward her

I watched you
say something
to her
that I could not hear
but
I saw her
smile

Just knowing
you were talking
to her
making her
smile
made me
shoot eye daggers
at you

My eye daggers
are dangerous

I watched you
trip
buckle
stumble and
crumple
in front of
her

I watched you
struggle
to stand
clutching
your knee

I watched you
crawl
up the stairs
back into the house

Oh sweetheart
My eye daggers
work

She and I
Followed
Helped
Comforted

I said
I guess you'll do
anything
to not have to
drive me home

It was your turn
to shoot eye daggers
But I was smarter
And expected it
And deflected it
And walked away
from you
with her

She drove me home
We spoke of you
I said let me know
how he's doing
Let me know
if you need me
She said, don't worry
honey
We will be fine

You and she
are a we
You and me are just
whatever the fuck we are
I am not the one
who has the right to worry
or take care of you
I am not the one
who is there for you
in sickness and in health
I am not your
till death do us part

I am the one
waiting
for her death
to part you
from her
so you can be
always and only
mine

Perhaps the next
eye daggers
I shoot
will be aimed at
her

My eye daggers
are dangerous
And they work