(Ir)regular Ideas (Poetry & Short Stories)

One Thought Pushed Deeper

He walks during the night to free his mind from the pressure of an stressful life 

It's been years since he had settled down and found a nice home to himself 

Love was never an option because who would take on a broken body like himself

Tear's spill out from those warm brown eyes, releasing emotion from a tightly locked prison 

Men don't cry he curses at himself, yet they spill out like an overflowing cup releasing it's contents

With an hitched breath he slides to the ground and leans against a wall, grasping his chest while continuing to feel his mind finally fracture as the world started going blurry

Not many walked the street this time of night save for one in a eerily similar situation

She was coming home from another stressful day at work when he came into view, looking quite scared and in despair

Most would've ignored him and kept walking but he was different somehow as if they were connected by an imaginary string

Taking his hand she sat down next to him as the tears flowed freely between them, as if they had both seen and experienced the horrors' of war.

Neither knew the other's name yet they bonded with their emotional pain as one being

Eventually they picked themselves up and went to his house, staying the night as a friend

Getting to know each other over an casual breakfast made from a week's leftovers 

So they continue to encircle each other, falling not in love but forging a bond of emotions