Thursday, July 21, 2022

Intoxication

 

Even from far away you could see it.

The way they looked at each other,

The subtle glances, 

The curve of the smile on their cheeks,

The occasional touches

They way one would reach up 

And brush the hair out of the other’s face

They way they noticed no one around them

Holding one another in a spotlight

They neither knew nor cared what was going on

And for a moment I was envious

And longed for someone who melted the world away

The way they melted into each other

I envied their oblivion; their other worldliness

Their need for each other

All while I stood here alone watching

A lonely soul in a sea of people

With no human connections.


Rachael Collins

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