Gap

The time has come to turn your back on this place.
I wonder if you’ll ever show your face
once you’ve flown?

No, no, you must go. You’ve your own
life to lead now. I’ll be fine. Honestly.
I’m happy being alone.

It’ll be fun rattling around
the empty rooms at home
with hours to spare.

And if the gap is but a year
it will, as you say,
whizz by.

So don’t be silly. No need to cancel.
Leave! I won’t shed a tear.
I never cry.


Other Side of the World