Stormy PoeticJustice
7 April 1995
chase
are you unsatisfied?
is that it?
does she not give you enough of herself?
does she not love you?
are you not happy?
it’s the chase, isn’t it?
those moments of wondering, hoping, fantasizing…
a mental picture of what it would be like
to see, to touch, to experience…her.
always her.
the one you can’t have –
or shouldn’t have –
or wouldn’t have you.
did you ever stop to consider her?
what she feels?
what she could feel?
you find it exciting.
does she?
she could fall in love.
you could fall in love.
but not with her –
with the idea of her.
with her exquisite body –
maybe even her touch –
but never really her.
what happens when you catch her?
when you finally see, touch,
and experience…her?
when she finally allows you…
when you finally allow yourself?
she’s yours.
what do you do now that you have her?
do you keep her?
she has fallen in love…
you love her also…
but you are still in love with the chase –
and there are others to catch.