Dilapidations

You came with me on the last day

and wiped down window sills

and skirting boards with a fresh smelling

all purpose cleaner, and I filled the odd hole

in the wall and cleaned the toilets

and swept the workshop floor ready

to hand back to the landlord.

And before we left, we stood in the empty

space and you held me like you do,

and I knew that the next step

would be even better than the last.

John H Davies

27th February 2011