That parting glance broke me in two
caught me at both ends with those eyes
and held on tight despite my cries
ripped me apart in front of you
a shower of blood and sinew.
Everyone caught there surely dies
that parting glance.

Yet none of this was in your view
you saw only my shrewd disguise
a lost cacophony of lies
in truth, I never made it through
that parting glance.