She just smiled, tried to focus only on the clock that hung just above his cocky head, like she was young again and spinning pirouettes. Plainly, she said,
Darling you’re right;
so I will give you this -
You were the greatest love
I’ve never truly known…
Now if you don’t mind,
I must leave,
It’s raining and it’s a long walk
HOME.
By the the time she reached her stoop, she realized she was no longer nauseous; the world had stopped spinning. She could stop, get off. Finally, her life was blooming, not "just beginning".
She was in the middle, and home.
