[I’m leaving and never coming back]

The space between raindrops
Is where I reside
The apartment is empty
Heavy with
No longer suffering
Sighs
Goodbye
I whisper
To the cold gray sky
I’m no longer
Bound
To this joyless life.

Marie Fields, a poet of Syrian/Lebanese descent, has been published in Mookychick, Door Is A Jar Magazine, Royal Rose Magazine, HunnyBee Lit, The Magnolia Review, The Cabinet of Heed, Turnpike Magazine, and Tiny Flames Press. She also has a poetry collection available on Amazon titled “Marie! (mah-RIE!)”.