Drowning | ✓

20 ft

And then I joined him with

his card games, but he

stole all of the hearts away

and shot the moon.

And in the vivid heat of the

vivid moment

he slipped

once,

his rough hand palming mine.

It felt

soft

and

perfect

and

I realised that though

I did not love him -

not yet -

not then -

I loved everything about him

instead.