Tenant

‘See we aren’t leaving anything out, check once more to be sure’ she said with a nagging doubt, ‘we’re going to come back no more once behind us we close the door’. The hassles had made her tense Moving out was trouble immense I said to soothe her nerve ‘be assured dear, We would leave nothing here’. Still for her peace I went in To make sure nothing lay within And what I got was a jolting shock On the wall still hung our bedroom clock! She fumed and blurted on my face ‘I always knew you’re too careless, thank god I goaded you for another look precious things might be lying in some nook’. I went in not to seek anymore things But for the spent moments still fluttering wings Smell our joys and sorrows hanging in the air Of the times living as a tenant here!