Glass Cages

"Glass Cages"

We always pretended

Never noticing

But knowing

Each day

We lingered longer at our windows

In all stages of dress

Feigning interest in the world outside

But we knew why we were there

Like clockwork

Her husband’s car started

Fading into the distance

And our dance would begin

Naked

Her

Hungry

Me

Neither surrendering to truth

Admiring form the corners of our eyes

We displayed our want

And swallowed our sins

Morning slipped into noon sometimes

And still we leered

Days, weeks and months

Safe behind our windows we teased

With a few feet separating our desire

Glass framing our assets

Resistance cracking

So close to shattering

The perfect distance

Was destroyed the instant

Our gaze actually met

Locking in on one another

Silence fell

Our breaths held

We knew the foreplay was over

No longer would it be window games

My heart skipped as she mouthed the words

Come over

By

Thomas Aiden