A poem about fear by David Tombale: You're afraid

This poem was inspired by the prompt, "You're not afraid of love, you're afraid of not getting loved back." It seemed interesting enough to build a little narrative around.

You’re afraid

 

He wrote a note in black

and left it by her windowsill

so no matter what day

 might come she would

always remember him

 

 Crumpled paper sits by

her short black hair,

 one hand beneath and one around

and though the tears won’t come

her days go down beside the sun,

leaving the light of dusk to fill her

 house with scent of love that’s passing by

 

 Those written words she said

have ripped my heart,

“You are not afraid of love,

you are afraid of not getting

loved back.”