Departure

 It's been a month

you went away.
You have gone before,
many times for weeks
at stretch.
Returning
with bags full
of sweets and snacks
myriad knick knacks.
Often you had traveled
without a return ticket,
keeping room
for change in plans.
Insisting I keep looking
for dip in flight fares.
But,
the flight you took this time
is too expensive, too far
I cannot buy a return ticket .
The plans are frozen.
You will not return,
but remain.