Monday, November 9, 2009

Wait, Wait, Wait, Wait, Wait. Days, Days, Days, Days, Days.

Walking back, our tongues stained
by mumbled plans, our mouths
saturated with the taste of Chinese.

You didn't expect to see me that day.

Stumbling awkwardly, out of breath.
I didn't know what to say anyway.
I forgot how all this felt.

Only an hour and thirty minutes.

You asked if I was alright
for my breathing was strange
I said I was fine, not to worry.

I tried hard to be calm.

We got to your steps.
You went and woke him up.
We turned up the music.

I tried hard to make it right.

I love you like I hate being alone.
Desperately, fully, and without
any sense of direction at all.

It's all a big adventure.

Nothing is set up in concrete.
Maps always change shape.
Just move with plate tectonics.

Just believe in what you said back then again.




2 comments:

Miss Black Eyeliner said...

maggie this made me want to cry. i love "i love you like i hate being alone. desperately, fully, and without any sense of direction at all." i can't think of any way you could express that more beautifully. i also love "maps always change shape. jusy move with plate tectonics."
you blow me away. really.

maggie said...

Thank you.

That's really all I can say.

Thank you.
<3