Osmosis

Osmosis

by Elizabeth Challinor

You look

Blink

Then secretly drink

The person

In

Drawn like a magnet

You've only just met

And yet

A striking resemblance

An incarnation

Of the energy

You share

The intimacy

You feel it's all there

In this other person

You barely know

How can this be so?

You want to throw

Caution to the wind

Go with the flow...

But you know

It's not fair

So

You hold yourself back

Keep up the superficial chit-chat

And remember your friend


Dedicated to Ana Margarida

Elizabeth Challinor