Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Day 9

Like a souffle, his smile collapsed.
He suddenly understood what she had been trying to say.
Her voice was so slight
And her gestures so flustered.
It took him nearly a year
To realize she was leaving.
In fact, she was already gone.

2 comments:

Susan Tuttle said...

beautiful poem Amy!:)

Amy said...

This made me cry. Immediately.

Wow.

just....

WOW.

xxox