grey rock

the stone
has no
blood in it.

squeezed dry of sympathy
and understanding.

solidified in silence
which

is a good tact to take
after

a long history of unlove
and abuse.

go stone, go grey rock,

go silent
and be done with it,

be finished
with her or him.
hang them out to dry

and let them sink, or
swim

on their own volition.