keystone

key·stone

ˈkēˌstōn

noun
a central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together.

You:
With your prose and your poise,
Your penmanship skillfully winding across your notebook's pages,
The letters conjoining themselves into words,
The words dancing with one another
Piecing your wonderfully erratic thoughts
Into simple yet beautiful paragraphs.

Your words made me fall in love

With your ever shifting mind,

Your beautiful metaphor,

And I became your bridge.

Me:

With my angst and my sadness

Overwhelming me endlessly as usual

Until you came around.

I was your bridge,

Yes,

And you were my keystone.

I was your silence from the pounding of the rain,

From the cacophony of life,

Even though I also craved that silence,

And when it became too loud for me,

When I truly needed to be sound,

I removed you,

My keystone,

And crumbled.