“Let’s wait a year”, she said
As soon as the words came out, my heart dropped
I can barely wait one day much less one year
When I don’t see her, when I am not with her
I am not myself
I don’t really know who I am
But I do know that I will wait the year, or two, or however long it takes before she is mine
All mine
But what does that mean, “All Mine?”
Not in the physical sense, of course
But the fact that she is no longer obligated, by law
to be with someone whom she is not meant to be
There have been many times in my life when I have seriously looked for my soul mate
And I pretended
I pretended to find her
But what I realized along the way is that you can’t pretend
Eventually the truth comes out
Until now – until you