Quick poetry today at Chilli Studios, with similarities and differences to experience. Write from experience they say. Then change it. Embellishments and and redefinition frame a fiction.
LEAVING
Leaving love's cruelty was not
an end. I carried bitter hope
memories, dreamed we would return.
Goodbyes were agreed, bound
alongside reconciliatory terms.
I exceeded conditions.
You witnessed white star shining
in capable reinvigoration and
recognised my healing.
Terms broken, no brokered
hellos. Only silences, taped
lips. I held you still.
Leaving takes time. A train
ticket is for the future.
Benched at Slough Station.
To travel. New cities waft
fragrant promises. You remain
behind, an unfocused moment.
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