And then her fingers tear the water
open & her body disappears into the
pool-
'Just Jump,' she says as our heartbeats collide
over three inches apart from each
other. I was the one who got us into
this. I was the one who said we
should do it together.
---
I hear her, my love, yet I try not
to. This jump, a declaration that I
must commit to, a declaration of
all the things I know I feel about her.
---
'Just jump,' I say, but now our hearts
have gotten out of line and away from each other,
no longer in sync, now I'm the one
holding my breath, hoping to hollow out
my ribcage so my reluctant heartbeat
doesn't echo so loudly. I'm scared it
would scare him to jump off
prematurally.
A good poem, the interpretation can be mixed to mean doing something together with your person and just when its going well between the both of you something happens to misalign it all and regret sets in either in fear of the outcome or fear of the activity itself(sky diving, etc) Or it could be the act of *jumping* into a relationship and then suddenly you are unsure about it.
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