Ash and Blue

I called
It sounded
for no one
but you
for the 
souls before me
never knew

the sadness
that permeated
carried it
through
you heard it
and then turned
away,
ignoring the cue

I swallowed
my aching pride
with shame anew
and then hung my head
pitiful and blue
I was right, 
I was right
all along,
about you
 
I soon began
to fade from 
view
the hope, the love
that you grew
it drained out 
of me, turning my 
skin an ashen hue

and behind my
eyes, destroyed,
what I ever thought 
of my value.

 -lesnspired/aq