Detonation On The Dot – Day 322, Never Give Up On Your Dreamz

“Hi!
How are you?”
“I’m great!
How are you?”
“I’m fine,
Thank you.
My name is (such and such),
How about you?”
“Mine is (what you’ll dream about),
Nice to meet you!”
“I’m glad we caught up since we didn’t get the chance to last time we’d seen each other.”
“Me too!”
I really loved what you performed,
It was amazing.”
“I can say the same about you,
I appreciate that.
What have you been up to,
More writing?”
“Some writing,
Yea,
But more video games than anything.”
“Oh,
Really.
What kind?”
“Well,
Me and my boyfriend are into…”

As soon as I heard “boy friend,”
My mind went blank.
Because,
As soon as I think I may have found someone I may have a chance with,
Those dreams are crushed immediately,
Like a building blown into bits from an unknown detonation sequence.
Every time,
Without fail.
And,
I’d feel like an innocent bystander engulfed by flames of an explosion I didn’t ask for.
But,
I continue on,
Bonding platonically knowing I’d date her in a heartbeat if she or whoever else wasn’t happily taken.
As much as it hurts,
I’m glad we’re friends who understand each other.
Something that seems like a rarity in a world I can’t seem to navigate without getting my heart broken piece by piece.
Pieces I pick up,
Placed back in thought of who may one day want to feel it whole for the rest of eternity…