Bereft

It is ironic, how the most unexpected things can create extremely new standard of fun.

Watching
you walk down
the stares with your eyes up on mine
could have been the perfect ending to an evening
until you, slipping down the last three-
lay there looking up at me
into the deep darkening blue
and spoke these words
"Jacqueline,
I think
I've fallen
for you."

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Leaving me completely
to the caprice
of your absence.
I'm certain
you took the air as you left

It's funny how everything doesn't
make sense
once you've sensed all the things that you lacked.

My brain has stopped winding
ceased working since then
But if you have written
as you had
spoken,
my heart would indeed pause
again.