The road home <br />today <br />seems to take so long. <br /> <br />I keep seeing you <br />in that empty seat- <br />Excited? <br />Or was it just another <br />Cover-up? <br /> <br />It's so hard to believe <br />The days flew by, <br />And again, it's that <br />Time of the Season... <br /> <br />Au revoir you murmur; <br />And you smilingly salute! <br />I just love it when you do that.... <br /> <br />With a sigh now <br />I unlock the front door, <br />Oblivious to the frenzy <br />Of the ecstatic dogs- <br /> <br />I don't notice the <br />Aftermath of the tornado <br />that struck, as you packed! <br /> <br />Au revoir I whisper, <br />Into the empty home... <br />And wonder- <br /> <br />Could you not leave <br />Without going away? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Usha,16 December, '07<br /><br />Usha Pisharody<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-interval/
