he stared too long at her
 so she turned the part of her heart 
 reserved for him to stone
  
 he stayed away too long
 so she let the fire 
 burn down 
 to a tiny flicker
  
 he never said goodbye
 but she didn’t feel him
 haunting her anymore
  
 and so she kept the empty cold stone room
 for no one
 not even for herself