Separation

I used to think it would be great

to have both sides of the closet

to myself

but now it seems even though

i should  have place enough for my clothes

it still feels empty somehow.

I could not wait for you to take

your t-shirts you have been

collecting for years, those  faded colors

and stretched out fabrics.

Now that it is done,

now that you are really gone

i admit that i got used to your lousy habits

all those dreary years

of collecting everything that you ever had;

records, t-shirts,coins and stamps

 and never letting go of  anything

not even the wedding ring

when you went.

Don't get me wrong ,

i've  wanted you to leave!

i¨'ve waited and counted every minute

till you did,

i knew there was nothing really there

to keep

but sometimes when i look at the

closet full of my clothes

i realize what is keeping me

from sleep

 is perhaps the pain of  letting go of

someone you have come to know.

It is the joy of  new beginnings

mixing with some  sentimental  sorrow.