PLEASE ... BEFORE you read this, you need to read "My Circle" first. It, like this one, is short, so it will be quick, I promise, but it will set up the read of this one. This is why I posted them simultaneously. Find it here:
https://hellopoetry.com/poem/2428331/my-circle/
If you have read it already, then please ... carry on!
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Our circle is built for two …
But …
It can hold three …
only for a few fleeting moments.
Alone …
Only two people can stand
back to back
or
face to face.
When there are three …
one is left alone …
eventually.
Two is better …
Eventually …
one is left alone …
when there are three.
Face to face
or
back to back
only two people can stand …
alone …
Only for a few fleeting moments …
it can hold three …
But …
Our Circle is built for two.
Mar 26, 2018
Mar 26, 2018 at 8:00 AM UTC
PLEASE ... BEFORE you read this, you need to read "My Circle" first. It, like this one, is short, so it will be quick, I promise, but it will set up the read of this one. This is why I posted them simultaneously. Find it here:
https://hellopoetry.com/poem/2428331/my-circle/
If you have read it already, then please ... carry on!
________________
Our circle is built for two …
But …
It can hold three …
only for a few fleeting moments.
Alone …
Only two people can stand
back to back
or
face to face.
When there are three …
one is left alone …
eventually.
Two is better …
Eventually …
one is left alone …
when there are three.
Face to face
or
back to back
only two people can stand …
alone …
Only for a few fleeting moments …
it can hold three …
But …
Our Circle is built for two.
I was living with my girlfriend at the time and she was bi, I am not. But I am very open minded, to a point. We sometimes "shared" our bed with another girl, to satiate her needs and to keep our love life full of adventure. I was thinking about "My Circle" and wanting to repeat the feat.
When I set out to do this, I had to restructure my philosophy a bit for this piece and my situation. I always felt that these girls should never become integrated into our relationship. Just as I'm sure she wouldn't want me lunching or shopping with one of our lovers, I felt the same about her. It isn't about being jealous, but things happen. Not to mention, the third person may take a shining to one of us and then you have a problem as well.
This "adventure" was for us and our relationship, not about having someone IN our relationship ... if that makes any sense to you.
Thus: "Only for a few fleeting moments, it can hold three ..."
We kept them as "toys" and not "friends", for lack of a better term ... no staying overnight, no dinner/movie parties, shopping or beach trips or any other outside bonding. Just come over, have our moments and say goodnight. It sounds cold, but it never was. We would explain it before they ever came to our bed. Not once did we come across one that disagreed with the philosophy or didn't understand why we wanted it to be only about the "moments".
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