Saturday 21 July 2018

The leaflet

You had an awful reputation
when we first came into contact.
but I had faith that you'd improve
in time to sign our contract.

You stopped when I told you to,
I'd wait for you and I wanted you.
I felt so proud when you vowed
to take me where you'd never been.

Our extended journey, so serene,
an epic ride from coast to coast. 
Engrossed by the tide as it comes to shore.
Sniffing the sea with seagulls galore.

But then I found the leaflet.
Why was I no longer listed?
It's human error, you insisted.
Our route just wasn't ready yet.

The next day I saw you whizz by,
No signal, no horn, no chance to reply.
You hid from the board and I was ignored,
stranded by dust on a windswept patch.

The place where we used chat and attach
feels lonely, unloved, no longer aligned.
Now there is just a misty distance
between us as you leave me behind.





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