Again

Say it again
Those words you swore
You would never say again

During those late-night conversations
For years
When we would laugh
And say that it was a good thing
That we never tried to date
Because now
We could tell each other anything

During those conversations
When you told me about the ones
Who made your heart
What it had become
And I told you
That even if it wasn’t going to be me
(Please let it be me)
You shouldn’t give up
Cause she was out there

During the conversations
About what it all means
After you kissed my hand over brunch
And kissed my mouth
In the backseat of your truck
Like you had spent all of those years
Waiting for this moment too
Say it again
Those words you swore
You would never say again

Jodie Baeyens is a single-mother, poet and teaches to support her writing habit. When she isn’t trying to find the pen she was just holding, she can be found in the forest dancing beneath the full moon. Originally hailing from New York, she now considers herself a citizen of the world because she has never settled into one place. Her poetry has recently been featured in Door is a Jar and in Peregrine’s Fall Journal. Her forthcoming Chapbook, Conversations We Never Had, was the Winner of the 2022 Vibrant Poet Award. Follow her writing at WWW.Mylifeincoffeespoons.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Mylifeincoffeespoons.