dunja

Ha!

What do you think? I had left?

You’re mistaken.

I was only standing out at the gate
– with a golden grin –
waiting to hear your laughter
at my assumed departure.

No, I cannot leave –
howsoever much “you and I” may grieve –
for I’m your conscience that’s asleep
“Asleep…tired…or it malingers”!

And if that’s a joke, you see, it was TSE –
or, to be more precise, his compound ghost –
who implored me not to leave, saying:
“There will be time, there will be time…”

And yes, I agreed.
Indeed, there will be time
to leave.

~ CR