Like a promise kept but never made


We didn't know what it was

Mostly felt like comfort

Coming back to the same old spots

Trying to rewrite that one summer

Of so long ago when everything was perfect

Like written in a song perfect

Inked on your skin like a tattoo perfect

The smell of fresh rain on soil perfect

Like your hand curled in mine perfect


Walking down deserted streets on a weekday night 

Joking about our impending futures

Laughing to hide the sadness waiting to overwhelm us both

Never ready for goodbyes

Looking away quickly when our eyes meet at the grocery aisle

Waiting in line for that perfect moment to say it out loud

Never mind, maybe next time


Years whirl by us so fast

Summers roll into winters and summer peeks its head in again

Like a promise kept but never made

Waiting to hear your voice in the rain again

Laughing at the carnival 

Shooting balloons and eating funnelcakes

It's been a long year of longing for more


Quick, hide

July's on its way out

Bowing and preening like the bitch ballerina it is

Breaking our timid hearts on every cornerstone

Twisting our pleasantries into slow farewells

Keep the summer in the crooks of your arms

I'll save her in the curl of my hair

Hide her in the nape of your neck

Keep her safe in the folds of your smile and the crinkle of your eyes

I'll come looking for her soon

I promise.


#reverie

#persephone_writes 


July 16, 2022

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