The Affair

She plummeted,

A fired furious meteor,

Through the night

To planetfall,

To my backyard.

Her newfound form

Was drizzled white

Like glazing on a doughnut,

Sweet and easily devoured.

She stored her feelings

In a green glass bottle

By her bedside

Seldom opened.

She explored the world

Unsteady

As a staggering foal

Curious.

The hours

She viewed and memorized so much.

She processed earth

And worked the math.

At last, the seventh year

She rested,

The master.

After tasting everything,

It all forfeited flavor.

She began to stay at home

Inside her room resigned

And seldom left her bed

Doomscrolling,

Her inbox full,

Her life top heavy and immobile.

Lethargy only loves itself.

She kept her feelings

In her green glass eyes

She never opened

And never would touch to mine.

- 1/15/26