Title: Hollow Return

Author: Me again

A/N: Hiya! 'Tis me – again – with a new "series" for you.  It shall be short – mebbe only about five chappies… bleh, oh well.  By the way, this is my first stab at any kind of ER poetry.  Yes.  I've written a total of two poems (not counting those stupid ones you gotta write in school) in my life, counting this one. So go easy, huh?

Disclaimer: ER and all that goes with belongs to Crichton, Wells, and NBC. Woot.

Summary: A series of Carby poems, describing their relationship, starting with Carter's leave.

Spoilers: Though there's none in this chapter (unless you've not seen season ten), I will be sure to tell you with every chapter if there are any.

Rating: PG, just incase.

She sees him everyday

They don't get along the same way.

His smile he still wears,

But it's not the same one he used to bear.

Because one day he left her

In a heart-breaking letter.

Not too long after, he got a new girlfriend.

She thought her abused heart would never mend.

She would talk to him in the hall.

But she didn't look at him the same at all.

Her smile, hollow as a shell

Would hide the way she really felt.

Secretly, she would always love him

But even more than she did back then.

Telling no one of her feelings,

She sheltered her empty being.

And now, all because of him

She was nearly closed off from her friends.

Barely talking, and nearly incapable of walking,

She would keep going on, sure to burn

Because of his Hollow Return

A/N: Review, huhs? Me likes reviews… *Does Gollum impersonation*