Matched

Posted on May 19, 2015 by

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Jhosy astonished

By accident
Unintentionally
Stepping in with thin-soled shoes
Pretending to be a braver person
Than I was or had ever been
Pretending to be
Someone who adopts strangers
From foreign countries
Apologizing right away
For speaking another language
Neither of us understood

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6 Comments on “Matched”

  1. Love can overcome all barriers geographical or language. Well written.

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  2. I’ve been sitting here rereading that last line and reinterpreting it. It’s so malleable. Is it the language or the fledgling relationship or the significance of that moment that went misunderstood?

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  5. What a great beginning for both of you. I really like the photo and the capture of the wait staff, when you’re waiting period was over. ‘Pretending’ used twice, and thin-soled shoes shows how delicate/difficult the process must have been.

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