Chris G. Vaillancourt is a Canadian poet whose work has been published in poetry magazines such as The Inkling, The Lance, Opossum Review, Plum Ruby Review, Windsor Star, Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine, Poesy, The Poetry Stop, and Detour Memphis. Several of his chapbooks have been published as well and his new book, I Walk Naked Into a Cloud, is due to be released in 2010. To read more of his work, click here. This poem illustrates the sadness of a breakup, finds the beauty in the acknowledgment of the end.
Walking Beyond Her Reach
By Chris G. Vaillancourt
A glimpse of sadness
In her eyes,
In her gestures,
In her smile.
I step away,
Hands slipping from hers.
Air filling the space between our bodies.
Her head bowing towards the ground.
A touch of emptiness
In her silence,
In her heart,
In her soul.
My fingers caress her cheek,
remembering meeting her.
Was so many years, years ago.
A look of loneliness
In her grin,
In her movements,
In her being.
I turn away,
Walking beyond her reach.
