slowly
toward
Nicole and
she put
her own
brakes on,
saying
with an
equal
harness “I
wanted to
know all
of you too
–
especially
you. I
told you I
fell in
love with
you the
first time
I saw
you.” She
was right
going at
it that
way. But
the space
between
heaven and
earth had
cooled his
mind,
destroyed
the
impulsiveness
that had
led him to
bring her
here, and
made him
aware of
the too
obvious
appeal,
the
struggle
with an
unrehearsed
scene and
