Anticipating

anticipating an encounter with a former flame, after months of separation

Shake up! A distraction
from a lingering frenzy,
smoldering emotion finally
at an ember's glow.
Couldn't think, couldn't write couldn't
breathe like I used to, didn't try;
sufficient indifference until now.
Anticipation! Apprehension! Bury the
crucial awakening, that
slap in the face that flicker in time.
Draw to the surface all the
skewed recollections
so we can take three steps in a
backwards direction.
Are you thinking about me too?