Love is overrated.
Longing is hopeless.
Desire is a short lived
temptation that can
damage a beautiful
relation.
Forever is just a promise
no one lives long
enough to keep it.
Staying was never really
a choice, just a delay
before leaving.
Let's think about being
distant friends that's why.
Let's call it convenience,
not coldness.
Let's refuse to grieve
things we never fully
claimed.
Send me a piece of art,
I'll send you mine.
Maybe that's enough
reciprocation-
wisdom lies in
understanding without
having to understand.
So I propose an
an attachment that's
detached.
Let that be a covenant.
Let it be a feeling
that lingers in the mouth
like a taste of something
we never consumed.
Just enough to forget you.
yet, significant enough
to recognise a grin that
could linger upon hearing
your street name you
had vaguely mentioned
years ago.