I walked away again

I had to leave you behind

to cross the blue mountains by bus
I had to try to remember you
like you were then in 2017
young and strange
talented and clever

but I wrote about this love
in my poems to you
an age-old lonely love story
and so I will always
and without end
love you, the mystery

although I never
knew you

🦋🌿

© Annora Eksteen, 2025