By Charles Robert Lindholm
she wants to keep the key
it seems rather strange
since she’s left
the city
the state
and me
she needed to distance me
with time
with miles
with an affair
her plan has worked quite well
she’s won her freedom
but she still wants to keep the key!
she doesn’t want to lose
her way of getting back to me
she’s gone away
but can’t let go
wanting me to wait, securely in place
‘til she makes up her mind
she wants to know
she can come back home
if things don’t work out
on her own
she wants to keep the key
to a heart that’s always open
I’ll have to change the lock
Someday
Copyright © 2017 Charles Robert Lindholm – All Rights Reserved
The Reluctant Poet 
A good locksmith
is hard to find.
The best I know
is Old Father time.
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