eternal pose

"don't change" he said
"don't ever change..."
he kept repeating
over and over,
but not with his mouth,
with his eyes.
a message sent in
a desperate stare
almost on the verge
of tears because
he would be so lost
without her
the way she is.
just like a rock
or a stone,
she remains the same
in his mind
until they're
gray and old.
but little does he know,
she will soon grow tired
of holding that
eternal pose
but today she just
smiled and did as
she was told
when he said,
"don't change,
"don't ever change."
and then left her
on the porch
on a summer night
in the cold.

-kayla