Two poems about separation, different themes

The separation

I put the money in a bucket,
lowered it down to him
taking care that the notes
didn't fly off.

He made a grab for the pail,
clutched it greedily
as he'd once held me
and walked away, grinning.

A bucket load of money
was all he'd ever wanted,
and now, at last,
he was sated.

Separation came as a friend
and though I'm left poorer
I feel as rich as a King
and better for it.

The Separation

I can't put into words,
can't express,
the anxiety,
sadness,
worry
it caused me.

I can't tell you how I cried,
how my stomach hurt,
how I stressed
and fretted
and then ___
I saw you.

You'd lost weight,
you were a shadow,
of your former self,
your eyes were sunken in
you were grief stricken and
you reached for my hand.

We walked, together,
through the emptiness
and somehow
the separation,
the loneliness
had been a transition

mending the rift between us.

poem by Ruth Walters
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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