Dangling Dialogue Poem by Susan Lacovara

"You are my new and everlasting"
Or so I said in the hushed voice
Of passion and promise

"Nothing can take you away from me"
Is what I so casually thought
In the balmy breeze of August

"We are exactly where we are meant to be"
The declaration fell
From your quenched lips

"Everything is You"
And with knowing that truth
We surrendered to searching no more

"All I ask is a little time"
An allowance of space
Before finding your way HOME

"I'm sorry I cannot stay any longer"
The hand delivered message
That ripped my every seam

"I think of you under the midnight moon"
As if a consolation prize
Something small to hold onto

"I never intended to hurt you"
If I had a nickel for every time
My heart had to rebuild itself

"We need to say Goodbye"
As your lowered eyes drift from my smile
And the wind carries my Rain perfume

"Can I call you down the line"
A last ditch effort of keeping me tethered
To the love I never saw leaving