![]() ElsewhereA Poem by SerianaElsewhere Ribbed-line
trim down the edge with bargain four-holed buttons, on
a sweater meant for warmth. To
keep her wrapped against the things she sensed from... Elsewhere. Patience... The
voices were somewhat muffled whispers, filling
the silence of a gap, with
the hum of a fan spinning in the nearby. The
grey of the sky brought a weary smile, one
that comforted in a cold way, a
chill way that was insecure to the safe. A
threat to the safe haven intermingled in the mess of a day. She
hears his voice in a whisper not far away. But
them? Them
all around, oblivious
to her awareness as
they carried on in unreserved conversations. So,
she
watched, and
waited. Waiting
for the notice, the
smile, or
smirk of recognition... She
looks up, then, and
there it is. That
gentle smile... and the wink of a handsome one looking back, the
one that started it all. And
the world stops for a moment. All
the sound sucked out in a woosh as their eyes meet, and
lock, frozen
in the moments of breath. She
looks away to break the contact, Nervous
on the inside of being discovered, staring
around, elsewhere
unnoticed...thinking of him. The
rest? they’re
all wearing the same thing, the
spaces all squared up in blue, and
boring. What
a story to be told on this day, The
knowing of two, when
smiles and winks lead
to memories of gasped breaths and tender presses beneath
folded sheets and strength untold, during
beginnings of private whispers and soft kisses, elsewhere
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