Baggage

He was there
always there 
at the airport 
long after
for
 her
 plane took off

perhaps he would
buy
a 
ticket
a
ring
and
drop
on
his knees
on the worn tarmac
 of their
aquaintence
professing
an 
undying
love

for this woman
he met
as 
a 
boy


  But he knew better.  


That was his baggage to claim. 
  
She was the type
 that would just carry on.

OctPoWriMo 2018  Day 15