Homecoming Part II

Written under the pen-name Mina Hyatt

When she saw you through the window

It was a bell tolling in her mind

Cold, crisp, sharp: Delightful!

She could hear the scream erupting inside her

But ran before the sound could catch up.

The joy a celestial explosion

Like a star being born in the void of space.

And as she ran it emerged as laughter

Peals of chimes at first

Growing to a belly-warming roar

Her whole being soaring just from a glance

How long she had waited

The moment seemed worth the pain

 

Later, in that first conversation

After the famine your absence had caused

She hoped for the salvation of words

Clinging to those sweet-bits

The fell from your mannequin mouth.

Yet you seemed detached, far away

The same jokes missing their lustre

They once had

Yet still she had hope

 

Blue Eyes

So hard and cool

You looked right through her

 It was too much- you are hurting her now

Inadequate. Pathetic. Fake

All she was and worked for derided

What had she hoped for?

Happiness after everything that had passed?

But your smile was chipped

The suave man had exited through the wings

And she was left centre-stage, alone.