Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AT PARTING, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY


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First Line: The time for you to go has come at last
Last Line: And pray to god that you will not—look back!
Subject(s): Farewell; Parting


THE time for you to go has come at last;
And you, you leave me unconcernedly,
Not dreaming what your going means to me. ...
I count the precious moments flying past!

And little foolish words rise to my lips:
"Have you your ticket?" and "Is your train late?"
But—oh, my heart is marking time with Fate,
And at its deepest core pain tears and grips!

Yet still I chatter on: "There is a diner—yes,"
"You'll find the journey interesting, I know!"
And dumbly pray that my eyes do not show
The pain I feel—the pain you do not guess!

The guard calls out: "Express here on this track!"
And carelessly you murmur a good-by—
"Good-by, good luck to you!" I lightly cry—
And pray to God that you will not—look back!





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