It started quietly,
Soon the rain made its way.
Lightning and thunder,
A perfect indoors day.
They had warned me.
These storms, if they stay.
Slowly, very slowly,
They weather us away.

You and I, I thought,
Had weathered many a storm.
We were safe, we would make it through,
We were different from the norm.
But what I believed,
And what your story really was.
The truth of your lies,
There was no remorse.

You marched a different step,
I walked a different line.
You wanted to hold a hand,
It was not mine.
Once a rumor,
Until it was true.
Somewhere in between,
I lost you.