beggars can't be choosers

They come back to you

Those ghastly and rather shameful things you did

Not even in the name of love

But for a brief moment of belonging

That fleeting feeling of having been chosen

To occupy a minuscule space in another's life

Breadcrumbs, really

But that is all some of us get

So that's what it's like to be happy

I had a dream of you last night

It so rarely happens but it was wonderful

We were together

Listening to music, talking

But there seemed to be this shared knowledge

That all we had was this one day

And so we chose to be unabashedly happy

Drown in it, let it consume us

I'd give up all my happy days

If I could have just one day of unconditional happiness with you

Lost and found

The thing about possessions that go missing

That are misplaced

Is that you never know for sure if you've

Lost them forever

Or if they'll turn up eventually

Forgotten under a stack of newspapers

Hidden between two cushions

So what should I do with you?

Write you off as lost and gone forever

Or hold on to the hope that what is lost can be found?

Boxes

You said you lived out of boxes as a kid

Being on the constant move

Made permanent storage for your possessions a luxury

And I couldn't quite understand it

How you could live like that

Because I've only ever lived in this one house

But now, you've made a home for yourself

With someone you love

Someone you buy cupboards and cabinets and shelves with

To store all those books and clothes and keepsakes

You've carried in boxes

All your life

And I've taken all my emotions and needs and desires

Wrapped them carefully in bubble wrap

Filling the spaces with foam peanuts

Packed them in boxes of varying sizes

Sealed and labelled and put away

So they no longer clutter my life and make me yearn for what you have

And I don't

Yeti sightings

The sightings may be rare but they do happen

Such a disbeliever, I was, until today

After years of unconsciously looking for you

On the street, in the train, at restaurants

I never thought I would come across your name

But there you were, on Facebook

Who would have thought

Unexpected but underwhelming

A yeti would have been better

To be honest