Aubade
You have to go now. You can’t stay.
You really, really, have to go.
I’ve things to do. Please go away.
You have to go. Now. You can’t stay.
I’m resolute. I will not stray,
though you may tempt. I’m firm, and so…
You have to go? Now? You can’t stay?
You really, really have to go?
Michael Calvert lives near Philadelphia. He has published verses in Light (regular-issue and Poems of the Week), New Verse News, Lighten Up Online, and Writer’s Digest.