potential endings

what if we had better understandings of who we won’t have to protect our life from?

i don't want to keep living by beating them to the rejection punch.

can we just talk?

what if we agree?

what if we're both already cherishing this commitment?

what kind of damage would result in an embrace?

how about we kiss our way from a fear of intimacy with a side of settling.

to show up with enough courage to be one less indifferent person.

in our uncertainty, we have the opportunity to create whatever it is we want & need. 

So, when we consider potential endings can they be the thing that sets us free?

because before the ending, there's a beginning. 

a necessary releasing;

me, from the tight grip of someone who took my gentle patience for granted.

you, from their misunderstandings of your remaining true with sensitivity.

new, we allow ourselves to carry on in connection over confusion.

we grasp ahold of their locked in misrepresentation of love with enough strength to permanently take away their key.

so, even in our uncertainty,

can we recognize that history doesn’t have to repeat

we don’t have to stay stuck missing out

& when we consider potential endings, can we try before we quit?