- Lena Drake
Pomegranate
In my dream you showed up
out of nowhere, pomegranate
in December. You were sweet
and ready, like you weren’t
before. The last time I saw
you, filled eyes and swaying
heart, you told me everything
but goodbye. I must have been
waiting all this time. Did you
know you were coming back?
What took you so long? Falling
from the sky.
In my dream you were happy
to see me, as though you couldn’t
have decided to see me long
ago. Did you know I cried in
bar bathrooms when my date
didn’t kiss me right? You were
right if I wanted you to be. Anyone
I kissed after you, blue, an
attempt to remind you I could go
away. Come, envy monster, make
him know me again.
Again.
Again.
In my dream you took me as
though I belonged to you. Did
I give myself away to the first
one who kissed me right? You
always knew what you wanted.
I must have gotten lost on the
when. Remember the maroon
couch beside the hallway? We
never closed the door. You didn’t
say you’d come back. But I
hoped.