LEAVING...

UNTHINKING, I LEFT, OBLIVIOUS TO THE FACT THERE COULD BE NO RETURN
TIME AND DISTANCE KEPT US APART
I CHANGED, YOU REMAINED THE SAME SAFE IN YOUR COCOON
WHILE I STRUGGLED AND BROKE FREE LIKE THE TIDE,
I CAME BACK CARRYING THE DRIFTWOOD OF MEMORY
BUT THE RIBBON THAT BINDS HAD SLIPPED THROUGH OUR HANDS
IN ONE HEART-STOPPING MOMENT I REALISED...WE WERE STRANGERS.

PATSY BURNS