I’m not a mind reader
but I’m good at sensing things
at reading the writing on the wall
I can see things coming down the pike
long before they arrive
and I knew despite all I’d done for you
that you’d forgotten those things
as if they’d never happened
and I knew with words not spoken
you had become an ingrate
and that you had secret plans
of leaving me
and you mistakenly expected
some resistance from me
not having taken the time to really
know me
and though you tried to hide it
I knew you were angry with me
for calmly saying you were free
to go without making a scene
and here’s a secret I was hiding
I was going to be relieved
when you finally left
and I knew my life would be
far better without you
then it was, or ever
could have been, with you.
Bob Boyd