Create my escapeAs I stand hereWithout even moving an inchAs soon as you see me, I’m travelingAway from the world I live in The brief time that we spend togetherAn eveningA coffeeA nightWhisks me awayA mere look at your faceAnd I’ve touched down in some parallel time You light up for me when you see meIt makes all the risk so worthwhilePerhaps such encounters won’t heal meBut they let me break free for a while.
I cannot bear to see youHurting in this wayCome here and let me comfort youAnd chase your fears away You must know I love youWhy do you doubt me so?I have been here by your sideWhen it matters most Don’t I show affection?Provide stability?Remember anniversaries?Furnish all your needs? The others? They mean nothingJust foolish wild oatsYou know I’m never gone for longI always come back home A fling and it’s all overYou’re...
My back against youFitting thereYour hand curves to my breastWe breathe together in a bedYour head against me rests We try to do thisWhen we canIt’s going on for yearsAnd then we live our separate livesBut neither seems to care This is usThis is our wayRoutine within routineWe meet, we kiss, we love, then sleepWe pledge ourselves, then leave I think this has us satisfiedNeither asks for moreWe trust in how the other feels...
What the hell was I doing here? Me, Fergus Simpkins, in a Gym! It was preposterous and ridiculous in equal measure. But I had decided that maybe Abby and I needed to do more together. I was now acutely aware of the growing gap between us; I was also equally aware of the closing gap with Beulah and I. The fallout from the Food and Wine Festival had been fairly painless. I had pretty much always kept Abby separate from my w...
