She

She sighs she moves she smiles she looks
At me. Her skin her hands her eyes
Are beautiful. I watch her: fascinated.

She talks she sings she scrubs her skin with salt in the bath
She calls to me: "come in here and talk to me!"
So I do.
I sit in the bathroom with her and watch her: transfixed.

She gets out she gets dressed she kisses me goodbye
And she leaves
For her boyfriend's place.

I sit, I think, I am enclosed by the flat
The smell of the bath is still in the air
Her presence hangs behind her as mine
Follows her down the corridor?

I sigh I move I smile to myself
I sing I dance

Quiet
And alone.

I sigh I move I dance
My heart beats -

Heavily.