Love Poem: Bites
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Written by: Literary Waves

Bites

Now, driving madly, not  even  having  a time for  a peaceful  lunch, the girl was  eating in the car, gobbling  the food, without  being able to enjoy  the bites, she was too  late, yet the food was strangely  delicious ; she bought it from her favorite bakery. This time,  she was unusually  hungry and avid ; to her mind, no one could even resist a blink with that ultimate bite, such a decisive moment, a turning point in her life. As she was  lost in the delicacies  of the food and  the pleasures of the taste, she opened her eyes, just to find herself  under fate’s mercy.  She pushed hard on the brakes, it was too late to stop the marathon, the car crashed into the one in front.  ‘ The man must be mad now, he will certainly yell at me,’  she thought to herself.  To much of her surprise, the  guy  was smiling,  so cool  and calm as ice. He laid a hand for a shake, asking kindly whether she was fine. It was like a date, the invisible hand of destiny  seems to have played  its magic. Suddenly, the affection trail cut out as the intruders interrupted the two hard- wired birds with some irrelevant remarks, bringing them back down to earth after a happy trip to the moon. Soon later,  they parted.  She was soothing  her  nerves;  already  missing him. Now,  his car disappeared in the traffic,  while her heart is still booming…