Victoria
avoiding capital eye contact,
move through the station,
trying to blend in.
no sudden movements
that will startle them.
never show them you are weak.
never show them your cigarettes.
as i walked towards them,
i thought at first it must have been
a new romance,
him holding her close and awkward,
and my face broke into a half
smile as i looked down
and remembered the spark
that ignites, burns and consumes
but something in the ghost
of that memory
is pulling at me
and i take a long sideways glance to confirm.
it is only now i see the tears
and realise that he is lost to her
and that this is an end,
not a beginning.
avoiding capital eye contact,
move through the station,
trying to blend in.
no sudden movements
that will startle them.
never show them you are weak.
never show them your cigarettes.
as i walked towards them,
i thought at first it must have been
a new romance,
him holding her close and awkward,
and my face broke into a half
smile as i looked down
and remembered the spark
that ignites, burns and consumes
but something in the ghost
of that memory
is pulling at me
and i take a long sideways glance to confirm.
it is only now i see the tears
and realise that he is lost to her
and that this is an end,
not a beginning.