Platonic

We can be this way,

Easy,

Untangled,

Next to each other but not within.

Life is better beside,

UFC and poetry and a long list of movies.

I'll grow old if you want,

We'll never touch again.

I used to think the other way,

Burn it bright and fast.

Aching to be in your skin,

Caught and tangled in your mind.

But you were right the whole time.

Steady and sustainable,

Things that make me feel dull,

Are better than life without you.

I'll take a duller version of us,

If it means there still is any hope

Of us.