Ten Months
Ten months
Pass slowly
Like water drops in slow motion
We try to mend
This relationship
But can’t get past
Your wanting to be free
And my wanting to be loved
Weeks of nothing
Followed by days of
Consuming passion
Laughter
Followed by
Memories of pain
Hazily clear
Dulled sharpness
What is a slap
But a hard kiss?
A chokehold
Nothing more than a hug
That takes my breath away
And yet
Each punch at the wall
Is a blow to my heart
And like glue to glass
Cannot be made whole again
The drop finally falls
Explodes into nothing
And is no more
© 2007 Kim Eun Mi Young
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