You sit here alone
Who knows the pain you suffer?
As I watch you I wonder –
What are you thinking?
Why must this be?
I remember the good time we had.
Memories of the past flash by
And I turn away.
But something pulls me back,
I have to look at you, even stare - I don’t know why.
In you face I see misery –
You are in pain (though you won’t admit it).
As I go, I feel drawn to you
And I kiss you –
Something I’ve not done for along time.
Your response says everything you cannot speak -
The words that don’t come,
The thoughts you don’t utter,
All in that moment.
I have to go.
And, as I turn and walk away
I look back
Expecting to see you following me.
Then I realise,
I’m leaving you behind
I walk away slowly, thinking deeply…..