I left this morning -- Peter Bland

[aimlesswanderer.livejournal.com]

I left this morning
            - Peter Bland

I left this morning saying 'I love you'
as if setting out for some unknown country
instead of the corner shop. I wanted
you to be sure, in case
this time - out of, say, 10,000 departures
I never made it back: although
after 50 years together, 2 countries,
3 children, and several former journeys
that would put this one to shame
you'd think there'd be no need to pause
on my own doorstep, suddenly afraid
of the distance between us, of your absolute beauty,
of the growing aloneness when I clicked the latch.

+brief bio.

Comments

[mspixieears.livejournal.com]

Nice, and simple. Dammit, the poet doesn't have a Wikipedia article on him! Hate when that happens.

[aimlesswanderer.livejournal.com]

Added the brief bio :)

./w

[mspixieears.livejournal.com]

nice one! thanks. I Googled him and found some info but I won't object to spoon-feeding :D

[aimlesswanderer.livejournal.com]

Come here my child, open your mouth..

there, there.. (hehe, I am in a weird mood today)

./w

[mspixieears.livejournal.com]

hehe, you're funny =P

[privacycat.livejournal.com]

I am chronically afraid of the occurrence this poem describes.

[earthwormhugs.livejournal.com]

agreed.

[coneyislandfun.livejournal.com]

the poet's name is all too appropriate for this poem

[tokio.livejournal.com]

Hah!

[kodo-kd.livejournal.com]

i like simple poems like this :)