(X)
Maybe see you later?
Her question calls out to him
Tepid in her guilt.
(XI)
Complicated these are
The guard answers you smiling
Opening the gate.
(XII)
Re reading your texts
You fail to see the crowd at
The back building.
(XIII)
Lost in a tempter
Your rubbish day gets even worse
When you miss your stop.
(XIV)
Noting down train times
the more deserted each is
feels more heartbreaking
(XV)
Running from the train
their relief is clear rushing
out of the station.
(XVI)
You smile after he
Hides his wedding ring then slips
getting off the train
(XVII)
September darkness
Makes the late running train feel
even much later
(XVIII)
He doesn’t wake him up
until he has missed his stop
smiling silently
