Was Wonderful
Yes it was.
That savage hollowness
when you stepped back promising,
‘Yes, we’ll do it again.’
My mouth was dry
ashes coated my tongue.
I knew,
you knew,
we knew,
you were feinting
an easy exit
for yourself first
with me
an afterthought.
But you spared my feelings –
a soft deception
piercing my numbness
pricking hope from soul-inertia
and that, for me,
was wonderful.
© coolhermit 2023
I think this must be one of your shortest poems 😉 I really liked the simplicity and truthfulness of your words there must be many who can relate to them. Sue.
Thanks, Sue, my ‘I sat with a girl’ is shorter than this – only 30 or so syllables – sometimes you need lotsa words to convey a mood a place a sensation – and other times you don’t 🙂