AIRPORT

it's coming down and she's walking out
with the belongings she's allowed to take.
the rest is his.

she's only seen this in the movies
taking off in a taxi in the rain
headed for the airport.
she should turn around
and come right back.
but it was too late the second
she walked out the door.
deaf to beseeching she steels herself
and leaves.

what if no one is there to pick her up
it took months to build up the courage.
she's boarded the plane.
she's on auto-pilot.

what if words are only words
maybe distance makes them seem real
his words were more than words to her
they were vows.

she watches the earth getting closer.
she wonders what she was thinking.

there is no one at the  gate.
like everyone else they say
they're meant to be together.
laughable.
she's reached baggage claims
and waits.

Reviews

[Jack Isaac]

She's leaving him for someone borne of Long Distance Relationship. For all she knows, she fell in love with an Artificial Intelligence program at the other end. For all she knows, her long awaited is a 10 year-old girl with a zillion FaceBook friends... and the wait shall be much longer than she knows... but, to her, the wait is all there is anyway. For sure, she does not wait to play in this movie, even if it's for a bogus Bogie, this Show Must Go On!

Thanks M, nice write.

[NeiL ArandA]

Did she get pick up ? or no one showed up ? Moc ...I like your story telling fashion. You're the only one who could do this ..in poem !

[Emily B]

i have never read more tragic words than these

[m.s.early]

deaf to beseeching she steels herself
and leaves.

I appreciate the way this sounds like a play on words to me.

She has abandoned any further introspection and is committed herself to the consequences of her decision.

But she has also "stolen" herself from her old life. As if she was something that didn't belong in her past.

she's boarded the plane.
she's on auto-pilot.

This is what caught my attention. Great twist.

The narrator has surrendered to faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.

I'm betting he shows...

[Sami Khalil]

"what if no one is there to pick her up
it took months to build up the courage.
she's boarded the plane.
she's on auto-pilot.

what if words are only words
maybe distance makes them seem real
his words were more than words to her


they were vows."

I like the story quality to this write. The title was unique. The contents were good. The ending leaves us mystified...Splendid...:)........................