![]() And Then You Were GoneA Poem by p lawrence![]() One last meeting for a couple.![]()
I waited, seated behind the arched letters of the cafe window,
riveted by others who moved urgently, soundlessly, beyond the thick glass, scurrying along glistening sidewalks, winding between glaring headlamps in the slick night to lovers, to friends, to family, to home. I remember no words, only the sting of hot coffee, a hurried gulp to stanch the welling pain and to quiet the certain quiver of my voice if left to speak. Yet once into the dampness, standing together for a last time in the crystalline night, the balance is seared into hard memory as I watched you lift a speck from my collar, grooming me, as before, and then a smile, wistful, and you rose on tiptoes to brush a wisp of hair from my brow and silently, hood now raised in the misting dark, you found the sharp corner of the red brick building and vanished. © 2020 p lawrence |
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Added on September 17, 2020 Last Updated on September 17, 2020 Tags: romance, loss, love, relationships Author![]() p lawrenceNJAboutThanks for stopping by. I live just outside of New York City where I write short stories, flash fiction and occasional prose poetry. I've been fortunate to have both my short fiction and prose poetry .. more..Writing
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