Flown

So
You've flown the nest
Left me
Strange
I never thought
Not for a moment
Did I think
You would really go
Empty now
The rooms echo
Soundlessly
Your voice
Rattles around my head
Strange
How that voice
Once seduced me
Lulled me
Made me feel
Secure
Loved
Strange
It doesn't now
The memory of it
Grates
Almost angers me
Almost
Only almost
Because you see
I actually
Want to smile
To laugh out loud
To relax
In a way
I'd forgotten how
Strange
I hadn't realised
Thought about
Relaxing
About being
Myself
But now I can
The sun
Has risen
A new day dawns
A new me

Smiles


Terry Rhiannyr
March, 2013