A Sestina

1He saw her from the bottom of the stairs
2She looks down at him
3She says softly
4Where are you going
5It’s not a question
6She knows

6He knows
1She saw him from the top of the stairs
5There was no question
2Fight the urge to run after him
4I’m going
3And slams the door softly

3Tears fall softly
6Yeah she knows
4Where that man is going
2Looks out the window she watches him
5The blissful don’t question

5Yeah there’s no question
3He kisses her softly
2He wants her she wants him
6Well heaven knows
1Where are its stairs
4Or where they are going

4Where am I going
5A self-pondered question
1Take her back to those stairs
3Footsteps sound softly
6Well God only knows
2She’s coming for him

2Condemned to him
4Gone gone going
6Foolish she knows
5Abandoned all question
3Trips on the step-the child falls softly
1Down the one-way stairs