Cauldron Anthology Issue 9: They Who Were Spurned cauldron9finalproof | Page 33

The Last Time I Thought of Aeneas
Alliso n A r m st r o ng
It’s so easy to go back
return to you
and the way you left
the way I loved you
and still do
So easy to look behind me
in the 20/20 rear-view
The passenger side mirror
reflecting where I’ve been
It’s so easy to spin
the long thread of our story
into something unfinished
an epilogue still coming
where we meet
under a blousy moon
dry heat and wild roses
when you tell me you’re sorry
So easy to breath you
in like mountain air
I could breathe
out for ever
So easy to reach for heartache
when what I want is closure
when what I need
is to cough you
out of my lungs
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