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Restless

Ready to leave

By Colleen Millsteed Published 5 years ago 1 min read
Restless
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I can see you getting restless

Trying to hide your itchy feet,

You’re getting ready to leave

Pulling away, ready to retreat.

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I’m not blind, nor a fool

I can see there’s a change,

You’re trying hard to hide

You’re acting very strange.

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I’ve been playing it cool

So you’d never know,

It’s going to be painful

But I will let you go.

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I’ve no idea what went wrong

I thought we were happy,

If I get too close lately

You get incredibly snappy.

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So I’ll leave it up to you

As you’ll leave when ready,

Please do it gently

So we can stay friendly.

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About the Creator

Colleen Millsteed

My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.

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