In The Leaving Year

~ A Poem ~

In the leaving year,

I learned about you:

that there is more beyond this place

and time and you.

In the leaving year,

I learned about me:

that by you I am not defined

but have other doors to walk through.

In the leaving year,

I learned about us:

that our dance no longer held a song.

In the leaving year,

I learned forgiveness:

and to hear the rhythm of

what was really wrong.

In the leaving year,

I learned to trust:

that there must be a greater joy.

In the leaving year,

I learned to stay:

to hold the lifeline and the buoy.

In the leaving year,

I learned not to blame you:

but to persist above the fray.

And in the leaving year,

I learned that doors are there within me:

beckoning the dawn of a new way.

~ my tribute to leaving behind versus being left ~

Copyright DelenaBeth Knight

Photo / mine: Northern Arkansas 3025