August 3 Writing Prompt

A Missed Chance

It wasn’t like Rick and Ilsa in France
Who always had Paris as time went by.
We left instead without a backward glance—
It wasn’t like Rick and Ilsa in France
No whispered assurance, no tearful reply,
No sense until later we’d missed our chance.
It wasn’t like Rick and Ilsa in France
Who always had Paris as time went by.

--Harmonium


https://similarworlds.com/literature/i-write/5631809-I-Challenge-You-to-Write-THE-WEEKLY-MUSE-August-3-2026-This

I didn't use the words from this week's prompt, but the terms "remember", "departure" and "station" were the inspiration.