On June 9, I posted a poem called "Leaving". It was about an unhappy woman who wanted a better life. She took action, but it didn't work out the way she thought it would.
This new poem is is a continuation of her story. It's simply called "Leaving - A Sequel".
Leaving – A Sequel
She made her decision
To escape from the captivity she knew
This time when she left him
She understood just what she had to do
Chose a special place,
None would know her face,
Allowing her to start a life anew
Early in the morning
After he had left for work one day
Suitcase packed and ready
A girlfriend came to help her get away
Knowing he would chase,
She couldn’t leave a trace,
She closed her eyes and she began to pray
The first leg of the journey
Was a train ride down to Washington, DC
Then she took the Metro
To a bus that went to Memphis, Tennessee
In fragile state of mind,
She’d left it all behind,
Her sheer determination set her free
The P.O. box in Memphis
That she opened up a couple weeks before
Contained her new identity
She wouldn’t use her old name anymore
In twenty minutes flat,
She disappeared like that,
And hoped that he’d be heard from never more
He came home that evening
And was greeted by the note she left behind
Sat down as he read it
A letter filled with words that weren’t kind
And suddenly irate,
He knew he couldn’t wait,
His plans were formulated in his mind
Setting out determined
Feeling he could track her like a hound
Hoping when he found her
There would be no other soul around
He would spend his life,
Searching for his wife,
But she was destined never to be found
Steven Pein
15 October 2010
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