Knock at the door,
step on the stair
Scan the landing up and down –
there’s no one there.
You disappeared by degrees –
covering your trail with
empty apologies.
Took everything not nailed down
except those questions
left unresolved.
Schooled in a new ABC:
Absence,
Betrayal &
Calumny.
Well, now,
where and how
have you been
my long-lost friend?
Well, now,
where and how
have you been
my long-lost friend?
The fugitive returns
to his derelict backburn
Promising the stars
to the embers in the char
Well, now,
where and how
have you been
my long-lost friend?
Knock at the door,
step on the stair
Scan the landing up and down –
there’s no one there.
You disappeared by degrees –
covering your trail with
empty apologies.
Well, now,
where and how
have you been
my long-lost friend?
© 2019.