Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Becoming Friends

This was the last major piece I wrote about Sadeeq who incidentally is now married. Sigh ... (for all sorts of reasons :-) but I'm happy for him)


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We had a long conversation
It was nice bumping into him again
I noticed the look of uncertainty in his eyes
Was I going to say hi or shun him this time?
A warm hug and kiss on both cheeks
He hadn’t changed much
Still the same engaging sile and charming personality

We laughed about past times
What happened to us
What happened after us
The embarrassing situations.
The scene we caused at the wedding
The morning after our last time
How he’d never meant to hurt me
How I’d really not gone around slandering his reputation

It was almost surreal realising we’d spoken for soo long
Made him realise how much he had missed me
Weird thinking I’d once imagined marrying him
Or that he’d once had the power to whirl my emotions
There are no more pangs of what could have been
No lingering sense of longing for a distant dream
Perhaps a slight hint of nostalgia for an eon of youth

We rounded up the conversation.
Gave him some tips for his soon to be fiancée
Discussed how scary the prospect of settling down.
Apologised for totally cutting him out of my life.
Promised to stay in touch.
And this time we will.
We have become friends.


Saturday, September 01, 2007

The Quiet Night In

Another one of the re-posts. I wrote this on the same day as I wrote Lazy Sundays - one of those days I was feeling mega-inspired (think I had relationships/intimacy/passion on the brain that day).

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He’s watching her get dressed.
They’ve reached a compromise
She will go out for only a couple of hours
She’s applying a final coating of mascara
She looks absolutely beautiful
Please zip me up she asks, turning around
She’s wearing a gorgeous strapless dress
You look amazing he says softly
He winds the zip slowly up her back
Caresses the slope of her shoulder
Nuzzles her neck
You smell soo good he whispers
She leans back into him and he wraps his arms around her
She turns slightly to look at him
Her lips look juicy
He bends to give her a goodbye kiss
She tastes delicious
She turns and locks her arms around him
He scoops her up and carries her to the bedroom
Abi will get an apology tomorrow.