Read Poem: Who were (are) you?, by Mrinz Ellis

tears stuck in my eyes
stones in my throat
stranded by ice
just let me float

when will this end
when will the ice melt
you’re by the crosswalk of my heart
when will you leave
the way I was left

a shudder ran through me
the moment my eyes
were laid on you

wondering how could
such a pretty face
say those words
…
tell me
was that you

was that you
who used to love me
or so i thought

who used to know me
but told me
I could only stay
in my room and rot

who told me
I could read him
like an open book

when I wanted to say
that pages were glued

who said he wanted to
read me like a book too

when I mumbled
that pages were torn
and his lenses were rose-hued