Across

We started doing that 

crossword puzzle 

on the bus

bound for home

bored and broken 

with nothing else say 

to each other 

delaying, playing 

killing time 

a word that starts with a G

and ends with a weary E

hangs heavy on the horizon

we lost the will 

to figure out the answers

started filling up 

the empty boxes 

with the wrong letters

you took my pen

and held my hand

for the last time

as I stare at the clues

that i gave up on.