You smile as my iris go wide,
watching me stir wake to the realization
you are once again by my side.
In another life I would've jumped out of bed.
But in this one I am paralyzed;
I'd rather lay here with you instead.
Its not often we find ourselves lost to time
like this.
A soft caress, a kiss.
Your head nestled on my chest.
You close your eyes
slipping-it seems-back into deep rest.
I like moments like this best.
Its the greed in me that ponders how to
prolong this state of superposition.
Not really asleep nor awake.
The world hasn't claimed stake over us yet.
With dejected protest,
my mortal form rejects the cold logic
that this scene- like a dream,
no beginning or end, only lasts
a few seconds more.
You yawn and I gleam how this will all change.
I feel the heat of an asteroid erasing
my world of the dinosaur.
You tease as you stretch,
something about how loud I snore.
In our sunday morning jest I see
infinite solutions,
stitched together, like the seam work
of your favorite duvet.
(With all these diverging paths,
how can I only pick one way?)
I know what's coming next,
can hear what you will soon say.
It's reverberating in my ears already
as you ponder the problem of wasting away
on this lovely,
summer day.
Your form is obscured from my vision.
A silhouette deciding between jeans or a dress.
Fighting with your hair, proclaiming it a mess.
The whole of you obscured by the wall partition.
You blow a frustrated raspberry which
makes me smirk.
Mutter under your breath,"I guess this will work."
I hear you ruminate in the restroom,
pairing accessories with a flowery blouse and a pencil skirt.
All the while humming a tune from a song
we both know.
Its time now.
Time to let that sliver of a scene we shared earlier go.
I can feel warmth through our window.
that moment I loved has grown into something new,
and I'm left with the dissatisfaction-no,
that is a childish reaction:
even though that scene is gone I know I tried.
Fully dressed in the doorway she chimes,
"what would you like to do today?"
I cover my head.
Playfully hide in the shelter of our
satin white sheets.
Shaking my head from left to right.
A seance with the ghost of where she used to be.
I can't decide.
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A story of a gentle moment captured between two lovers and a young man's inability to make a decision.
