22 (gravity)

i know we both liked the feel of your arm wrapped around my body
holding me close and making me walk sideways just to keep up with you

your hand pressed on the curve of my torso
my ear just resting over your ribcage

i know that we both wanted to do more
maybe kiss at some point

letting impulse and desire take over for once and release the nerves of meeting this new person we wanna get a feel for

i know that i wanted that and more
i wanted to sit next to you all night
i wanted to straddle your lap
i wanted to overwhelm you with my body

i don’t know
however...

what kept anything from happening
it was as if an invisible hand kept our wants placated

like some unseen force was chaperoning the entire evening
and we went home untouched
in our cars,
you south and i east

driving away i felt gutted by everything we did not do or say
i felt the distance between us grow as if we were continents from each other
and just as quickly as we came into each other’s orbits
we went out,
just like that.