Turn Away, Close the Gate (standard:poetry, 109 words)
Author: Girl_Anonymous	Added: Feb 25 2006	Views/Reads: 575/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I guess it's about breaking up and never going back.

he turns, and turns 

pulling his blankets closer. 

closer, closer still, holding on 

finding comfort in his pillow 

the soft, cotton fabric, 

soft, like her cheek 

smooth, like her skin 

he'll never caress the curves of her face, 

he'll never comfort her, or watch her fall asleep 

the candlelight shadows of her face have vanished forever 

"I can't wait, for something that isn't there" she says 

"I can't fall in love with someone who doesn't care" 

and so she closes the rickety, rusty gate, 

and walks on. 

So now she's gone, and all that's left is a cheek-soft pillow 

a reminder of what was lost, what's never to return.