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Small New (Past)

erin

I saw someone new
It was sort of romantic
Not sure I wanted it to be.


A positive experience, certainly
A new friend
new experiences
life enriched
body sated

And yet, conflicted.


She was very different
that’s for sure
Less aware of her sentances
Less than me, instead of more
Is this how it always felt for her?
Less connected, in words and touch
Today, body more intense
movements more lustful
but missing the passion
the closeness
the love?
And the rest didn’t make up.
I shouldn’t have expected such
two years against minutes and hours
if I had, I could have known

but of course, not


She texts me now,
a few hours later

I am missed, in character and body I can’t say I feel the same, yet


How do I compare
Unripe grapes to aged wine?
An impossible test to pass
bar to clear

But she’s still in my life
still a maybe
And every moment is made into a test. ◼︎