AIRPORT

it's coming down and she's walking out
with 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. she is leaving someone who has loved her for five years whom she didn’t love.  she was happy enough to live the rest of her life without true love. She knows lots of women who live that way. and now she is leaving him for  someone she thinks she loves.

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

Author's Note

for a contest