Romance & Relationships
Intuition
How do you know? she said & the answers fell like feathers, or the first snowflakes of November, light & without words. I looked in her eyes & smiled. You just know, I said.
Invitation
It is not what you first think. There is no effort of will, no firm resolve in the face of this thing called living. There is only paying attention to the quiet each morning, while you hold your cup in the cool air & then that moment you choose to spread your love like a cloth upon the table & invite the whole day in again.
Hawaiian Shirts
I have seen him in Hawaiian shirts, she said, so there is nothing hidden between us
Hard to Forget
I was waiting for such a long time, she said. I thought you forgot. It’s hard to forget, I said, when there is such an empty space when you are gone.
Great Game
What are the rules? I said & she said, Do exactly what I want whenever I want, make no demands of me whatsoever & love me forever, no questions asked & I said, how do you win? & she said, you don’t understand. I’m the only one who wins & then she laughed & clapped her hands. Isn’t it a great game? she said.
Getaway Weekend
escaping as quickly as they can from a getaway weekend gone bad
Full Effort
I’m going to get as far away from you as possible, she said, & there’s nothing you can do to stop me.
So, I shrugged & turned & started to walk away.
That’s not fair, she said, you’re not even trying.
Forgotten Promises
she sang like snowflakes on my tongue, bright & sharp with the forgotten promises of spring
Fine Start
I would not say I love you so much if you could teach me a better way, I said & she said that’d do fine for now.
Favorite Places
I’m not that good at being a tourist because I’m always looking at the way the light shines in your hair or the way your dress opens to the wind & my favorite places in the world are places filled with you.
Final Days
I’ll bet you wouldn’t even miss me if I died, she said. Depends on if you’d been grumpy in those final days, I said & she tried to look sad but I saw the smile anyway.
Fair Trade
I’ll bet you do something important, he said & I said the most important thing was watching while he slept & he said he’d do the same for me someday & we shook hands & decided it was a fair trade.
Fast Forward
Fast forwarding through her messages hoping to hear from old boyfriends who finally realize the treasure they’ve thrown away.
Enough Time (Masculine)
Everything changed the day he figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in his life.
Enough Time (Feminine)
Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.
Distinguished
You’re lucky, she said. You’ll only get more distinguished as you get older.
Different Plans
I don’t know how long I can do this, he said. I think the universe has different plans for me & we sat there in silence & I thought to myself that this is the thing we all come to & this is the thing we all fight & if we are lucky enough to lose, our lives become beautiful with mystery again & I sat there silent because that is not something that can be said.
Day Break
liking each other because it’s a beautiful day & it seems like a waste of time to disagree about stuff the other one is refusing to change out of sheer stubbornness
Dance Pick
I don’t mind dancing with you, he told her one night, as long as I get to pick the dance sometimes. OK, she said, you pick. So they went home & made popcorn & looked at magazines all night long
Dark Eyes
Standing in the twilight watching the world with soft dark eyes.