Permission Revoked

I had planned to submit this for an open call for works on the concept of “permission.” I cannot find the post on the call, but today was the deadline and so I thought I should post it here anyway…

Are you cruel, or are you broken?
my heart has always been open
to you 
come and go as you please 
leaving muddy footprints 
of your adventures 
on the floor I keep mopping after
you don’t even use the doormat just
dirty everything in your wake
me when you leave for good
night draws the curtain 
over my eyes yet shines 
star light in your blank stare
searching for a reason 
for why the last time
I saw you
was the last time.
When you left
you lost the right to 
roam freely in my dreams