The Couldve Been

the could’ve been the most mature of relationships between two people, the most intimate, the most emotionally prolific is the could’ve been--- this occurs when two individuals who’ve come along in their lives separately, end up crossing paths at a point when neither of their paths can withstand the complete wreck of upheaval which would come with the attempt at bringing themselves together in the way that their prospective others share them now, be them married or single, in a committed thing or barely with someone else, for some reason, the two size each other up & enjoy the company of one another to the extent which is possible, without crossing the line--- whether it takes place at work or in some venue in which they repeatedly meet, it is understood & unspoken that though they seem to make sense to one another now, now is not the time & the relation that occurs is pleasantly platonic (if one must use that word), it is safe & unobtrusive, it will not take away any aspect of the lives which you have separately developed on your own & it is more than a friendship, with a lifespan that may go away in a week or a month--- the pleasure in the could’ve been comes from knowing that it will never be.