I Came Here to Leave

I

As I entered my room

I felt something fall

Onto my head

But there was nothing

Or so I thought

It must have been my hair

Fallen forward

To fall forward…

Before me today

A leaf had fallen

As I left my room

I felt underfoot

Water had fallen

I realised then

I had mistook.

II

There’s miles and miles between us;

Miles of love and lust

Why

Did I come here?

I came here

I came here to

I came here to leave

You left me in autumn

On ochre ground

Surrounded by leaves

Like onion skins

I tore each dark cloud down

From the low-ignited sky

Until I felt the rain 

Behind my scalded eye

Why

Did I come here?

I came here

I came here to

I came here to leave in autumn.

© Martin Slidel 2018