Good Team

We make a good team, soon to be even better friends. We have hours of conversation without a word ever said. A bond that toes a line; careful not to cause a scene. Madly in love with a life that’ll always be just out of reach. No, you’ll never be all mine, but I love…

Innocence

It’s so hard to assume your innocence when you stand here fiddling with your pants, tucking your shirt, re-fastening your belt. Nobody else is around to crowd us. And yet, you’re close enough to kiss. I don’t move away, but I don’t dare look down either. I beg my cheeks not to flush red. I…

Happy Middle

Wouldn’t it be wild to skip right to the end? To know in a minute if we’re bound to crash and burn. I feel sure that I wouldn’t do it, given the choice. I couldn’t bear to miss any little moment in between. For one, I’m not convinced we’ll face an ending. I think, barring…

Wonders

Judge me if you must, but I’d risk a whole hell of a lot for a chance to be yours somehow. Our shot at “once in a lifetime” feels like sand pouring through our fingers, right here and right now. Nobody else has to know, but they can. And nobody else has understand. This is…

Green Light

I wouldn’t stop you. Just keep that in mind. If there’s ever a place, ever a time. If you ever get the itch to see how far you could go. I won’t be the one to tell you no. Becoming good friends; storyline’s typical. Being anything less feels totally criminal. But when you look at…

2023, Take One

Weird times, hard times. We all take them as a team. I blush red and you pretend not to see. You’re flushed with misplaced guilt and I say nothing but give your shoulder a gentle squeeze. The year is off to a strange start.

Eye Roll

The banter is as strong as ever, moving in a lovely direction. The silence wasn’t ever awkward, but it’s been kind of nice to cut it down. There’s teasing, there are some favors. Still not a lot of touch, but enough. I wonder how many relationships begin just like this - in the midst of…

Postmortem

Dig into death and give it a why. Get your hands messy, but hold your breath in. Bring peace to a stranger, let a mind rest once again. Don’t tell them every sign that they missed. Sugarcoat it just a little bit. Access, assess, and abandon ship. This is not your wreckage to wallow in.

Twisted Sparks Fly

Always bonding over some weird shit, you and I. That’s something that just comes with the territory. Unavoidable. But a quiet, dark sense of humor ricochets back and forth from one of us to the other, and that’s what makes it all feel important. That’s where the twisted sparks fly. We’re so much the same;…

Otherwise

Life changes here and at home. Hearts break and heads roll. Doom settles in my bones. I try to draw a line, to separate it all into two. I don’t want this toxic shit to spill into what I have with you.