and so adieu

By Coolhermit

Mon, 30 Nov 2020

and so, adieu

walking a desolate path

covering ominous silence

with burbled nervous nonsenses

until in a pool of darkness

between two lampposts’ yellow light

Rebekah put a finger to my lips

held my face between cold palms

kissed me, said she loved me,

but she would never be free

she wiped tears from her face

and wiped tears from mine

despite the hurt, I understood

at home I pulled my curtains tight

against moonlight and the creeping dawn

and woke, my belly filled with morning.