You told me once about your dream of us
eating anchovies by the beach
but then you changed your mind about eating animals.
So we drank champagne, making silly promises
walking hundreds of miles together
diving, swimming
holding on to ideas of a happy future.
My blue eyes and your blue eyes
looking at different sea creatures together all full of life, unbothered about what the future holds.
Your time and mine - everybody’s time
accelerating
and the sky above - a sad blue place.
We keep counting moments, awaiting the big success to arrive,
but all the food me and you ate, all the times you woke me up at night -
that’s it.
No terrible arguments, no apocalypse just yet
your vain friends, my vain friends, whatever,
we can’t have it perfect:
the green ocean that should have been blue
the confusing world, the long distance love, the collapsing American dream.
But as usual, you don’t believe dreams can fall apart
and you lie there in the jet black dark, dreaming.
About the Creator
Ella Valentine
A poet and screenwriter based between NYC, LA and London. I'd love to connect with fellow creatives - feel free to reach out to me!
Twitter: @_EllaValentine
Instagram: ella.vn
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