It came as a shock
Cut off in mid sentence
Shocking news
Devastating
How would I cope?
How would you cope?
Would tomorrow even dawn?
I looked into your eyes
I saw the sorrow
The pain
Tears were all that were expressed
Then you broke away
Ran
Anywhere you said
Just not here.
The crowded platform a place to hide
Lost among strangers
No one noticed
And played a game within your mind
Of escape and rescue
Would I chase?
Would I be your knight?
Only fools think that
It’s you who must act
Make decisions
Live by them.
Morpethroad 
Hmmm how we choose our path and then have to live with it, though I did feel sorry for her in a way. Nicely penned my friend.
Thanks Jenny, well yes i can understand that, but to me she was playing games with him. And that’s a bit manipulative to me.
hmm there is always 2 sides isn’t there and of course not knowing what sort of games or for how long… ok I won’t feel sorry for her now 😉
I like the flow of this poem…though I couldn’t tell where it was going. Your reply to the comment below clears a lot up…ah…the “games” of love, so devastating, so sad for the one who has to play the role of decision maker.
Thanks Georgia, its about those people who believe that you will rescue them and they will take no responsibility for their actions.
Yep…know the song and dance…what I call “love games”, though there isn’t really any love there I think.
Precisely Georgia, power games not love games.
This is just agonizing and dramatic wow
Thank you Yves, it has a dramatic side to it.
Well people can be dramatic, I am guilty of it myself luckily I am growing out of it
That is good to know, some people don’t grow out of it. I would suspect you have had more than your fair share of drama in your life. Good if you can let it go. Thanks Yves.
Very interesting – I read it completely wrongly given the comments, didn’t see the manipulation,just the drama and didn’t pick it was a romantic sort of backstory – not that this lessens the poem in any way, quite the opposite – it shows it can work on many levels. I did get that she was playing the victim to some extent, but it also felt like the issue was genuine to me. 🙂
Thanks Helen, the beauty of words on a page is how we understand, and I like your response, the genuineness of the issue is a good point.
I never get the playing games in a relationship. This is why I don’t understand cheating either. Some things about relationships I just don’t get.
I’m with you RoSy, unless you are dealing with some sort of ‘psycho bitch from hell’
This could have been me as a grown up kid. I felt very vulnerable and probably tested my various boyfriends in this way. Desperately needing to know if they’d rescue me. Always thinking I wasn’t worth rescuing.
And I am sure history has proved you otherwise.
Well I did get saved a few times. Repeatedly by Tom. Ten years in there’s no need to test him any more, he’s truly tried and tested 😉