It is
as much
the connection
and care
for her
as anything;
the calls
the messages
the desire.
She may lose
her lovers
to the years
but in hope
they were found
and ever
does she dream
of love.
It is
too many first/
last dates that
kill her spirit;
the cursory or
feigned connections
that stretch her thin
wear her down
whore her around.
