Martin Challender Poet Free verse

Let's Leave It There

You left
in anger 
and despair
with hand grenade
words
thrown in the air
how much
you didn’t effing care
although I knew
that wasn’t true
a heavy door 
had slammed
shut behind you
so I looked 
up to the clock
for a minute
then began
to stare at
shrugging shoulders
shaking heads
scratching hair
all looking at 
your big empty chair
with not much left
for me to say
except that
our time was up
now we too
had no choice
other than to
leave it there.

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Hilda Greenhough February 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM This is a superb description of anger. The door slamming is usually the focus, for whatever reason, I'll never know. Blessings for happier times. Martin Challender February 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM Thanks Hilda. I wanted to catch that moment of anger, with words that can't be unsaid & doors can't be "unslammed". Best wishes :) M