the first night you came over after a few drinks of warm seltzer i ran into the bathroom, gripped the sink, stared at myself in the mirror and said, “he is going to love me like i deserve” i casually walked back to the living room, picked up my can, and drank the warm seltzer the taste of the best summer of my life
now, as i sit here writing, it’s been over a year, and he does in fact love me like i deserve yet i am here, running into my bathroom, gripping the sink, staring at myself in the mirror, and wishing that there was another body in the frame next to mine i casually walk back to the living room, pick up my phone, and open the countdown app for the fifth time today to look at the number of days until i can see you again 16 days that’s better than 31 like last time
if you ask me what the taste of the summer is for this summer i’d tell you “longing” but really, i’d be wishing it was warm seltzer warm on your breath as you pulled me closer into you and whispered something in my ear