lover/friends

catefrances

can you ever be friends
after you've been lovers
can you put aside
thoughts of their touch
their lips on your skin
the comfort of their voice
the expectation
the longing you feel when you see them
the intimacy that clouds your judgement
dirties your every thought
can you watch them speak
be by their side
without wanting them
to know what you feel
without wanting them
to feel the same
would a casual gesture
collapse your carefully constructed wall
would that one deadly sin
negate a friendship desired
and wasn't that the problem
in the first place
lust desired
lust denied.