During flight EI0154

A Poem by PoetryHealsAll

An unresolved encounter between two strangers in the air.

During Flight EI0154

I pretended to be asleep.
If you had asked me why, I would
never have looked you in the eye,
squirming against the singular possibility printed on your brow. Borderless,
we soared. Nobody saw or knew.

I pretended to be asleep as you felt
each of the thigh shaking jolts
of turbulence pulse through me.
I wanted to crawl, wade, even run
towards you in the current, wanting.
Then, at the last wall, turn, kick, and hide

I pretended to be asleep as you
forged our unspoken agreement,
the accountable day lingering over
the empty seat between us.
Your thumb slipped under my seams, my hems, my margins.

You’ve scored new lines in me.