When you held my hand, the nerves calmed down. Everyone,
including you think I know what I want; I am cool, composed; sure and definitely
not nervous. This may be true for most situations; but I cannot possibly keep
the act going on forever. Sometimes one needs to balance the situation without
breaking the unbelievable rare moment that is presenting itself; otherwise we’ll
lose it. And here was this moment and I wasn’t ready to let it go; because you
might have, we might have; someone had to hold on. When the impulsive, sure,
risk taking side of me takes over the nervous side takes a back seat and
panics. And like an annoying friend on a road trip, it keeps asking me “Are we
there yet? I told you not to take this route. Now we’re lost! What are we going
to do now?” I try to focus on you and forget that I am nervous. But when you
held my hand; when our skin touched it felt alright. I smile; almost feeling
like this is way too perfect to be true. Nervous? Who cares; I just need you to
hold on to my hand a little longer.
We giggle, laugh and make each other smile. And in the
silence that follows, the nervous passenger takes over, tugging on me to leave,
to walk away. And you hold on to me. And it feels alright, just for now.
Tomorrow, I may not have the strength to hold on. The night slips out of our
skin and our almost whispered I Love Yous. Could tomorrow have a waited a
little longer?
And today I try; but you push me away, I look away; I push
you away. This feels like I found you and lost you in seconds; in those seconds
our skin touched. I look around me and life over flows; in the middle of all
the mess which one of us is going to hold on now? Which one of us is going to
find the other…again?
1 comment:
Your writing is beautiful. So heartfelt, I feel the emotions as if they were mine. The hope reflected at the end too, so relatable. Does "forever" mean nothing anymore?
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