Michele Sherman Poet Free verse

This Time, I Am Not Letting Her Go

'do you want me?' she'll say 
and the answer will already be on the tip of my tongue, ready to shoot itself out and make itself known 
'always' i'll say 
and it hardly counts as an answer 
it doesn't count, not when it's hushed 
not when it's a whisper that seems like it shouldn't have been said 
but the thing is -
it was 
it was meant in every sense of the word 
it was meant to be heard and it was meant to make her heart beat faster, and hell, it was meant to have her pull me closer 
close enough to hear her heartbeat 
loud and insistent
'always?' she'll ask again, and i know her voice is shaky because so many people have said the same thing and left 
'always' i'll repeat
because this time,
she'll believe it

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Caren Krutsinger September 16, 2018 at 6:51 AM You have used a gentleness that lulls the reader into a sweet feeling level, and in such a subtle and apt way, my friend. nicely built, and received warmly.