Shiny new poem (don't groan, Kaylie)

[rhia_starsong]

Ok, so I don't think I've actually written anything since Parker's class last spring. However, this one image/phrase squished and rolled around in my head all morning, and several edits later, this is the product. Beta work will be rewarded with either real or virtual chocolate and hugs.

It's short, so no cut.

Leaving

I have never been able to leave when it
matters--
--not you; not you, not this place.

I stood dying in place my whole life,
and I sprinted after you for all these years
thinking I was leading in this race of
circular logic.

Now here you are, falling
away from me again:
I falter, stand staring at your finely-
chiseled name,
And I want to ask you for the years
back, but I don't know how.


I envision this as a performance piece, so it's less of my usual tone and emphasis.