Nothing Happens In Between… Poem by Louise Tredoux

When Rudi goes away, nothing happens
in between, times stands still, the ebb
and flow of the sea doesn’t happen for
me, the waxing and waning of the moon
remains obscured from view, I follow a
routine that changes me into a robot,
just waiting for him, Juliette says it’s
emotional blackmail, but I don’t tell
him, don’t expect him to change his
job, the essence of him is in his
dreams, I’m happy to wait, when
women turn away from the man
they love to remain happy without
him, they so easily lose ecstasy,
I value those moments more
than an even life in between…