How
does one suspend
Without forgetting
Where one was before
The end which was intended
To be no more than a pause?
How does one remain
Without regretting
All the same-
Ness now less rife with hopeful maybes
Than when gone the first time through?
How is one to tell
When choosing
What one’s gaining, what one’s loosing
What was placed for taking
What will take the place of you?