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From Time to Time

Andy Botterill

I’ve often thought she ruined my life
the day she walked out and left me for another man,
without so much as a word of regret,
apology, a goodbye even.
Perhaps in fact she did me a favour.
Perhaps I was happier without her.
I did things I wouldn’t otherwise have done.
I had relationships and experiences
which would never have happened,
if we’d simply carried on.

I’d have married someone
who wasn’t happy,
who longed for their freedom.
As it was they got it.
Perhaps in reality
it wasn’t all they expected and wanted.
I was left to move on,
on my own,
and forge another life alone.

Perhaps in another dimension,
in some parallel universe,
we stayed together
and carried on arguing.
It might not have been quite
how I visualise it
in the dream that I have
from time to time,
where everything is perfect
and nothing ever goes wrong.

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