I tried to scare him away with the cruelty that breathes in the world
The cruelty that had groped me
He didn't run as I had hoped
I felt a sudden disappointment and then a strange kind of happiness seeped into my skin
The kind I did not understand
Seven months later I sit with myself and smile at that memory
He didn't need something like that to drive him away
Time could do that just fine.
May 9, 2020
May 9, 2020 at 11:42 PM UTC
I tried to scare him away with the cruelty that breathes in the world
The cruelty that had groped me
He didn't run as I had hoped
I felt a sudden disappointment and then a strange kind of happiness seeped into my skin
The kind I did not understand
Seven months later I sit with myself and smile at that memory
He didn't need something like that to drive him away
Time could do that just fine.