Let Your Lovers Go
Let Your Lovers Go
Today. I came face to face with my last Lover.
It had been five years. He has grown stronger.
He retains his honest vulnerability.
His admirable grace and honesty.
He has become all he has wanted to be
Since he moved out and I forced our ending.
Let your lovers go.
I guarantee:
It will look good on them.
If they succeed
You will smile—
You were a part of this.
Today. I came face to face with my last Love.
It had been five years minus London 2013.
It has been five years for him minus one New Year’s Eve.
“But I can’t say it was making love.”
“It was not making love,” he said of he, repeating.
I felt rich and honourable: we are decent.
Let your lovers go.
I guarantee:
It will look good on them.
Your own separate histories
You will be surprised—
How far apart you’ve been
And how so more alike.
SH 2016