I don’t wish to disrupt your
unenviable, frenetic schedule.
you are beauty beyond
imagination and I love you.
will you marry me?
why are you standing there
looking so surprised?
we can watch sunsets and
boxed sets together
in a daze of nights and
sweet bountiful afternoons.
we will travel the world
climb mountains and
volcanoes again.
I will hold you gently
amid the confusions of
this impatient world
and our kisses
will nevermore be secret.
we will sip from the same
glass, share the same
thought, lick the same plate.
oh hello, just asking your wife
if she’d like another drink,
a divorce from mundane
unnecessity and a second
beautiful baby with me.
THIS IS...UNEXPECTED
Poem by James Sapsard
Illustration by Jack Snelling