Neville

Some Things She Once Said

Some Things She Once Said

 

She once said that she lived

somewhere

near Gdansk, in a rented

apartment with

   her beautiful young daughter ..

Surrounded

by surplus tall chimneys,

sparce bearded

   scholars, artists and geeks ..

You know,

those who I guess may think

laterally,

   kind of sideways and deeply ..

Proper textbook

   bohemia, or so I imagined ..

And just maybe,

the kind of place I might once

have felt quite

   happy to live in, so to speak ..

She went on to

 suggest she had been hurt once

too often

and was now, taking a break

   from reality

and tho\' her ego may be dying,

she insisted she

still feels pain and can be hurt just

the same, so be

    very gentle with me, she begged ..

Oh’ dear lord,

at that time, I then thought if we

ever did meet,

it would need to occur in a park,

or a public place

and at least, somewhere safe like

   good old Ukraine ..

But even then, I doubt I could’ve

   kept my hands off her ..

Instead, it was then, I fell for the

smile, her dark hair,

brown eyes and yes, much to

my surprise, her

   vulnerability and her honesty ..

Sometime later,

after we fucked a few times and

made love often

she found me on Facebook but

insisted I block her

for the sake of confidentiality

and the daughter,

she loved, more than anything

this messed up

   world of ours, cared to offer her ..

Yes, it was then we

shook hands and promised each

other to always be no

   more than lovers and ever friends ..