Saturday, September 10, 2022

Emily Forever


Am I supposed to be interested in living without Emily in my life?

Years ago, I pretended to say goodbye, as if I could face life without her. Call it a political post.

To be apart from a forever friend and partner is to be forever amiss.

"Even if I got married, I'd still need Emily." I remember telling a confidant.

She's never far from my thoughts. I thought she was a god.

I couldn't find anything I had to offer a god.

I stare at the empty bottle in broken desire of a feigned life.

Turns out needing someone is to make a claim on their life.

With Emily I'd be impervious to a mad world. I can only smile.

So now my shouts have withered to whispers.

Solitaire, the one game where you lose when you win. 
 

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