I Left You

I left you waiting for the train…

Your shirt, wrinkled in troubled sleep.

We drank;

You, from the watershed of my soul.

Your face in candlelight

Tales of your father

Turmoil, rage, unconditional love.

I loved you in that instant.

Single moments passed.

I left you waiting for the train

And then it rained.

I lost you.

Speeding down the tracks

Rocking in and out of your repose.

In my fitful daylight sleep

Reclaiming myself,

I listened to the rain and

Heard the train.