"I wanted to be a nun"
you said
that time
we lay on the grass
one lunch time
at school
"but since meeting you
I've changed my mind."
"What made you think
you might be a nun?
I said
looking at you
lying there
gazing at the sky
above your head.
"Don't know
just thought
I'd be
a bride of Christ"
you said
turning to look at me
beside you.
"Why has meeting me
changed your mind?"
I asked
taking in
your straight black hair
and slight squint.
"You're the first boy
to talk to me
and want to lay
with me out here"
you replied.
"Can't you still
be a nun later?"
I said
"despite
knowing me?"
You gazed at me.
"Not now
I've met you"
you said.
I mused
on the factor.
"I leave school
at the end of year"
I said
"and you are here
for another year."
You turned
and gazed
at the clouds
passing by.
"I can't be
a nun now"
you said
"He won't want me
on a rebound."
It was early summer
and other kids
were playing a ballgame
and I could hear
a cheering
calling sound.
Apr 30, 2018
Apr 30, 2018 at 11:53 AM UTC
"I wanted to be a nun"
you said
that time
we lay on the grass
one lunch time
at school
"but since meeting you
I've changed my mind."
"What made you think
you might be a nun?
I said
looking at you
lying there
gazing at the sky
above your head.
"Don't know
just thought
I'd be
a bride of Christ"
you said
turning to look at me
beside you.
"Why has meeting me
changed your mind?"
I asked
taking in
your straight black hair
and slight squint.
"You're the first boy
to talk to me
and want to lay
with me out here"
you replied.
"Can't you still
be a nun later?"
I said
"despite
knowing me?"
You gazed at me.
"Not now
I've met you"
you said.
I mused
on the factor.
"I leave school
at the end of year"
I said
"and you are here
for another year."
You turned
and gazed
at the clouds
passing by.
"I can't be
a nun now"
you said
"He won't want me
on a rebound."
It was early summer
and other kids
were playing a ballgame
and I could hear
a cheering
calling sound.
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