by way of explanation

by e.h. - Libra

cleaning precedes leaving
i'm sure with all
these sad love poems
you'd think i'd just
pack and jet

but there is
something about waking
in new surroundings
alone

suddenly unsure
if anyone was ever
really there before

trying to shuffle
through the empty

thinking things like
now had there been 
an extra toothbrush here?

and wasn't there
some different clothes?

and i could have
sworn there'd been
quite a few more CD's...

and a different kind
of beer in the fridge...

there's just something
about that sudden awareness
that everything is now
just as it was before...

that helps you
in the moving on

as if a gift
from someone who
has once also
in their life
been left

Birth sign: Libra
Date created: 2005-08-16 02:36:05
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:52
Poem ID: 70874

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