This Coming Back

This coming back here,

To the place where photos were taken.

Where rain was endured

and pain was hidden

Where hope was never lost

and doubts were absorbed.

This coming back here

To the corner where missing you was a routine

Where drinking coffee was a relief

and alcohol a drowning stop.

Where watching people passing by was a pastime

and entangled hands became an unbearable void.

This coming back here

[After the pain

[The doubt

[The solitude

[The void

allows me to always remember,

allows me to remain grateful.

Allows me to forgive us for the misery -

And perhaps build a future for both.