It never used to be so hard.<\/p>\n
You called me,<\/p>\n
‘beautiful’.<\/p>\n
You told me<\/p>\n
you needed me.<\/p>\n
Now, what difference<\/p>\n
does wanting make,<\/p>\n
when fishing for the right words?<\/p>\n
I cast my line<\/p>\n
into your pool,<\/p>\n
yet it does not tickle<\/p>\n
your appetite.<\/p>\n
You do not take the hint<\/p>\n
anymore,<\/p>\n
and leave this morsel<\/p>\n
to rot in the sand.<\/p>\n
I cast in flight<\/p>\n
the lines;<\/p>\n
the feathered lures,<\/p>\n
jerking the\u00a0line to make the words<\/p>\n
dance,<\/p>\n
to tempt you, as naked,<\/p>\n
and lying on your bed.<\/p>\n
Some fishermen<\/p>\n
leave the banks of<\/p>\n
their favorite spots,<\/p>\n
to gig another.<\/p>\n
They whip the lines,<\/p>\n
casting there, back, forth,<\/p>\n
to settle on the slower depths.<\/p>\n
I see some taking strides<\/p>\n
in waders, working to reel in<\/p>\n
their prize.<\/p>\n
Yet, I am loyal to this<\/p>\n
sanded, rocky, pile<\/p>\n
of experience.<\/p>\n
It becomes rote.<\/p>\n
Perhaps, it is hope.<\/p>\n
Maybe, it is the comfort<\/p>\n
of knowing what comes next,<\/p>\n
and waiting for the inevitable.<\/p>\n
You are no different<\/p>\n
than the others.<\/p>\n
You are simply<\/p>\n
now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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