She blithely sails out
the door. No explanations
save her secret smile.
Afternoon rendezvous
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She blithely sails out
the door. No explanations
save her secret smile.
She blithely sails out
the door. No explanations
save her secret smile.
Now’s the time to look
back at what was forgotten
and recall with love.
Sally Fields said it
best. Be they awards or page views,
validation’s sweet.
Pulling apart a
life together, the future
frays like a cut edge.
It happens over
coffee, one stunned, the other
already elsewhere.
She woke up seeing
him in a different light
flame sputtering out.
“There’s always rain at
the most appropriate times
in my life,” he wrote.
“I’m telling you but
don’t worry, I’m fine,” she says.
I listen, but do.
She’s coming home, train
speeding through the heartlands, back
to where we miss her.
She may have faults but
to me she’s flawless, a me
I wish I could be.