SWIPE.

a poem on romance from a relationship formed online | Written August 25'

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And there you were

Sitting

Waiting

Watching

Do you hear the rain?

It’s pouring down out there

My shirt wet

Like a washer with no spin cycle

Still

I went

Peddled

Pushed

Throttled

Toward

You

Falling

For the unknown

I knew then…

Your,

Smile

And

Energy,

Captured me

Are you hungry?

You asked

Yes

I replied.

Two margs

Deep talks

An ice cream

A kiss

A car ride

An offer

A second date,

a third,

a fourth,

a fifth —

and somewhere between

the rain

and your laugh,

I stopped counting.