Collaboration - June 2018 Contest

Between Us (naomimarshl/silenttomorrows) (P)

By naomimarshl and silenttomorrows

Between Us

She said, 'today'

Checks message again

The time is the same

It has not changed ...

Nothing to say ...

Hands on wheels give ...a...Shove

Moving down ramp

Calloused hands

break ...slow down

And wheel down the lane

Uneven lane

but most things are

Life's uneven

Honeysuckle mixed with carbon

Nearer exhausts than the trees

To cross the roads horrendous

Someone's parked on the crossing and they won't see me

Calmly

Slowly edge out

Then Push Push

Push Push

I hope she's there

She'd better be there

Push Push

Push Push

Don't let me down

Heart pounding' ....

catch breath...

Slower,

Plenty of time

Incline

So tired

Last energy expired

At the spot and waits for you

And waits for you

......................

Swaddled in dusty, brown paper and tied with twine.

I know what lies within the frame.

The time has come too quickly

- as races the dawn -

Through night's dark and misty gloom.

He waits.

I stand at the top of the plum-lined lane,

And i see his silhouette, bent awkwardly...painfully...

In front of the swirl of new sun,

Between us, years of regret

Fight for survival

Midst a flurry of blossoms

That swirl and crash.

Between us.

........................

Silhouette shadow turns into

Her

Have you got it?

Scrunched note....

Here,

Have it ....

Grasping

brown paper package

....................

Between us.