13). When They Meet

modern poetry

He didn't want to repeat the same thing over again.
Maybe its because of your friends.
There is someone else out there, probably.
You don't shrug each other off when you're together by then.
You don't have expectations that are congruous because of your pasts; more probably
It is an ongoing perceptual trick.
It is a perceptual trick
Young people believe that they will love someone when they meet.

He doesn't find love.
He lives with you.
You change.
You don't have an undercurrent of something between you?
Stayed in love and married; continued both.


"When They Meet," poem thirteen of "Lettersongs," unpublished work © 2008,
Lisa Page Weil.  All rights reserved.