leave me now
before the light learns our names
before the walls memorize your breath
go while goodbye is still a door
and not a wound
while silence can pass for mercy
leave me now
while your absence is still honest
before it sharpens into regret
I can survive the clean cut of an ending
but not the slow ache of almost
don’t stay long enough
to turn memory cruel
or teach my hands to reach
for what won’t return
leave me now
not because I am empty
but because I am full of what we were
and there is no room left
for you to fade gently
The Creative Chic
The Creative Chic 
❤️
Back at you ❤️ I hope you’re feeling better, lovely.
I’m feeling blessed to have you in my life. Hope you have an amazing day girl. 😊
Oh girl, you definitely complete me. I love you so much ♥️ I hope you have an amazing day. Let’s phone chat Sunday ♥️
You’ve made me day. 😊 And yes, lets… Sending you a gazillion hugs! 🤗
Lovely. I like the suggestion of waking from a dreamlike state suddenly instead of lingering there.
Thank you, Michael. Happy Friday, I hope you’re well today and staying warm!
Trying to! It’s durned cold out there. 🥶
Yeah, I’ve been seeing that weather up there. Brrrr 🥶
There is a breathtaking and devastating wisdom in these words. You’ve turned the act of leaving into an act of preservation—not of the relationship, but of its beauty and its honesty. The plea isn’t born from emptiness, but from a heart so full of the past that it seeks to protect it from the slow corrosion of regret. The distinction between “a door” and “a wound,” the “clean cut” versus the “slow ache of almost,” shows a profound understanding of how endings can be either a kindness or a cruelty. This is a poem not of bitterness, but of fierce, clear-eyed love, choosing the dignified scar over the festering wound. It’s stunningly poignant.
Thank you so much for such a wonderful and lovely comment.
Great piece. I think that this is the best way for anything to end. Beautifully captured.
I agree too. Thank you so much.
Love that first stanza. Brilliant!
Thank you very much! I hope you’re well today 🙂
If only it were that easy to banish
Sigh, if only it were 😕