Proposal(s)

In the elevator

there is a man

whom I've known for long

six years I think

we make small talk

here and there either

up or down

he proposes that I should

go out with him ... I say no

In the elevator

there is a young man

maybe 30 or so, he speaks

French

he is from the 12th floor

we have talked since he moved

in, nice guy and all

he proposes that I should go out

with him

but I have been saying no for

six years, but he persists

got to give him credit, but it's

a no

On the street I walk

to meet a handsome French guy

as I walk a guy yells at me

"you are just the girl that I've been

looking for"

I turned not sure if he was talking

to me but he is

and in a crumpled piece of paper

gives me his number, please call

but I tossed the paper in the recycling

bin to not be use ever again

Another day in a

the corner I wait for the light

to turn green so I can cross

a man stands besides me

"you are the most beautiful woman

I have ever seen" out of the blue

he says

he proposes that I should also

take his number and call but I don't

Then an E-mail from a friend

"I've been in love with you

for six year maybe more"

How do you respond or not?

I choose not to because as of today

all proposal(s) have change

everything

Drenched

We laid under the sun
for God knows how long
the wind blew our hair
touched our faces
and caressed our bodies
with the warmth of the
sea
The sand under our feet
felt good
as usual there was no
care in the world
just you, the ocean and I
We were drenched by the
sun
The clouds suddenly
came in from nowhere
to be seen
they came storming
with the wind and
darkness covered the blue
sunny sky
We packed up and left
silly me wearing only
my sandals and shorts
and we started to walk
when we turned the corner
we saw
the sky had started to
fall down on us
drip by drip
tear by tear
drop by drop
tick, tick, tick
on the pavement, on the tree
branches above
it came with fury
then it just dropped
like buckets of water
raining from the sky
we kept on walking
as if nothing
while everyone else
had disappear and taken covered
under the trees or a roof's eave
we kept on walking
our teeth chattered
and our bodies trembled
We were drenched
from head to toe
it was so much fun
and we still
laughed and walked
just as casually
as if were not
even
drenched
by the falling
rain