Need To Get Away

He needs to get away.

He needs to leave this place, needs
to start again.

But he can't. How can he? This is
where he grew up,
where he first rode a bike,
where he first drove a car -
where he first saw
her.

He needs to get away.

Everywhere he looks - 
bookstore,
coffee shop,
park,
everywhere he looks she was
there

He needs to get away.

He needs to leave this place, needs
to start again.

But he can't. How can he? This is
where she would spend hours reading,
where she would always get a dark coffee with milk,
where he first told her
his feelings.


Where she rejected him.


He needs to forget.
Forget her.

It will kill him to let go of her. His first love. But she doesn't
love him
back.

He needs to get away.