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The Drive
This free verse poem about heartbreak was first published on dA, then Vocal, and now is making its way here as a feature in my Purple Poetry collection (soon to become the backbone of an anthology of the same name). It reflects on the quiet, agonizing return to an empty home after a relationship has ended.
The longest drive you make is the one you take alone
The sunset fills the sky with blood
Such a nice night to die
When a day feels like forever
And three years are gone in the blink of an eye
I know that no amount of time will take the hurt away
Crying in this empty house
Once a home
Waiting
For what may never be
Trying to make it all
Right
When one year
Five years
Ten years from now
I know I will wake and call out to him
A love this strong can’t be broken
It can’t be worn down by time
And I dread the day I have to see
Another on his arm
In his heart
Put on my brave face
And smile pretty for the cameras
While I cry inside
If this really is
Goodbye
