Catfish

I thought we built a love out of words

Just words

They were not lies not half truths either

Just words

How foolish to believe that we could have built a love like this

This crazy quest

To build a love with no physical proof

kept in our hearts.

We disregarded

that when you touch it, it disappears

And all that’s left is words

Just words

Returning to the real world

It’s cold, it’s damp, my feet are frozen

I wonder where I’m coming from

Was he there too and is he cold

Was it his world and was it better

It was

A world built out of words

My breath, my smile, the warmth, my voice

For I was real.

Everything else

The world, the wind, his smile, him

made up.