You May Go

Air clammy with the salty wind
November’s chill
Your arms enveloping me,
Body shielding me
My head buried in your chest
Listening, waiting
Wishing the sound of your heartbeat
Would spill secrets
That have continued to elude my perception
Of this ambiguous being
Called you

Still feeling the imprints of your tread
On this now crushed soul
Body shaking with suppressed emotion
Waiting to be released
Knowing that this was the final call
Curtain had closed
Your bow had been taken with flourish
Audience appeased
And all you waited for was my applause
So you could take your leave
Guiltlessly

So here’s what you’ve waited for
I applaud
While secretly hating myself
For my inevitable approval
Of something so predictably cruel

You may go