"No Refund"
By R. M. Lucas
Jan 6, 2010
I would glance at you,
And startle myself.
Somehow, for a moment, I had forgotten how beautiful you are,
And I would fall for you all over again.
I find myself short of breath.
Waking up beside you,
Your foot touching mine,
We connected.
I watched you sleep.
Sometimes you caught me,
And you smiled.
I would cuddle you,
And sometimes you would cuddle me.
It was real.
You are on my mind,
My stomach flutters,
My chest leaps,
But falls and aches.
I think.
I know.
But issues of the heart,
They remain unsaid.
We dance around them,
To our own beat.
I make the effort to keep in time with yours.
Maybe this is why I already knew what you were feeling.
I could read it in your tired eyes,
After we slept together.
It was just a fling,
Waiting to be something more.
A part of me will always be waiting.
It is hard for you to trust people,
Isn't it?
My heart is now numb.
I wish I could pull it out,
And exchange it for a new one.
But this one is broken,
No refund.
Jan 6, 2010
I would glance at you,
And startle myself.
Somehow, for a moment, I had forgotten how beautiful you are,
And I would fall for you all over again.
I find myself short of breath.
Waking up beside you,
Your foot touching mine,
We connected.
I watched you sleep.
Sometimes you caught me,
And you smiled.
I would cuddle you,
And sometimes you would cuddle me.
It was real.
You are on my mind,
My stomach flutters,
My chest leaps,
But falls and aches.
I think.
I know.
But issues of the heart,
They remain unsaid.
We dance around them,
To our own beat.
I make the effort to keep in time with yours.
Maybe this is why I already knew what you were feeling.
I could read it in your tired eyes,
After we slept together.
It was just a fling,
Waiting to be something more.
A part of me will always be waiting.
It is hard for you to trust people,
Isn't it?
My heart is now numb.
I wish I could pull it out,
And exchange it for a new one.
But this one is broken,
No refund.