I know this guy who’s diabetic.
Whenever we're together he has to leave every couple of hours
to check his blood sugar levels.
I miss him during those few minutes
and I’m always overjoyed when he comes back
sipping his Capri Sun.

Once, a long time ago,
he checked his blood sugar right there in his room.
When the results were in
he shot insulin into his hip.
I asked him if he needed a Capri Sun.
“No sugar this time. Just insulin.”

He called me one night while I was
trying to write
and told me, “I had a seizure today at 4am.”
I was over an hour later
with a pint of Ben & Jerry’s
Double Chocolate Fudge Brownie.
“Cause this time you where low, right?”
He grabbed my hand and said,
“Do ya ever have days when you only wanna see specific people?”

Curled up on his bed
with the ice-cream close at hand
we watched the first half of a movie
and then we kissed for nearly two hours.

Then I went home at 2am and stared at my
blank computer screen and told myself,
“I could love this guy.”