The opportunity popped up perfectly
in the form of a blonde with dark eyebrows
in the middle of mixed company at a “party”,
fortuitous for the attention but wishing
it were from someone else entirely.
We drank and chatted, she said I was unlike
the other old dudes at this snooze fest,
of course I thanked her, but when the time came
and she asked if I would drive her home,
I politely declined and her eyes asked why.
I told her that I’ve belonged to another
for a long, long time,
one that is beautiful, complicated, weird,
wonderful and full of the best kind
of laughter, which is real and hard to earn.
I assured this one that she was nice and pretty,
and would find he who could promise her all his heart,
but I knew this because I have done it before,
being honest, which was still new to me,
not regretting it while wondering where to move.
Ended up paraphrasing the last line
from When Harry Met Sally, where he says
"when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life
with somebody, you want the rest of your life
to start as soon as possible."