Love with an Imperfect Stranger

Have you ever known

that kind of love?

The kind that offers

No future.

No hope.

Just moments where time stops

and you can exhale.

So you can feel alive again.

So you can forget about

what you don't have.

What you don't feel.

To reassure yourself that

your heart is still beating.

That your senses have not died.

When the planets are aligned

for just a few thoughtless hours

in the shapelessness of the dark.

The blending of bodies.

Spoken lies.

Unspoken truths.

Just a few thoughtless hours.

To pretend.

There's time enough for reality

and regret tomorrow.