By David Delaney
Our finding each other in this quiet bookstore is beautifully chance.
An accident, I wander into your way. Our eyes meet as we pass by, holding long enough to drink each other in. I find myself drawn to everything I do not know about you, such ephemeral perfection.
Close proximity risks discovering you are as human as I. So, I walk away, in hopes of preserving all of you that captivates me.
In dreams, I will find your eyes on mine. I’ll ache until your warmth presses into my chest.
In this, I will long for you, in eternal wonder, forever.
I’m not sure that this isn’t a spoof…..
I didn’t read this as a spoof. For some, the imagined is so much better than the real, because one can never be disappointed. Well-written in any case!
My vote is that it’s not a spoof. I think it was originally a poem. David took a very romantic poem and turned it into a 101 Words story. Good job, David.
I agree with Roy Dorman. This reads like a prose poem–a darn good prose poem!
I didn’t intend for this to be a spoof. I was inspired by Ludovico Einaudi’s song “Ancora”. Perhaps that is how it garnered a poetic tilt. Thank you all very much for your comments!
There is something very beautiful about not wanting to get to close to something for fear of ruining it. As if the protagonist of this feels that they are poisonous. Very well written. It reminded me a bit of The Girl On The Train.
“Close proximity risks discovering you are as human as I. So, I walk away, in hopes of preserving all of you that captivates me.” Best line in the story and it captures so well how we instinctively know, no one is as perfect as we imagine or want them to be. Well done.