Never Far Behind

By Lauren Suval

Never Far Behind intimately portrays what it means to fall out of love, to fall back in love, to grow amidst life’s beautifully complex experiences, and to fully embrace what it means to be human.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lauren Suval
• Release date: Feb 14, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463243497

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Whiskey

You were wine,

coating my throat, painting me red.

Red was our lifeline for a while.

We were everything we had to be back then.

When I uncovered the truth — that you were not wine but whiskey —

my throat closed up.

The whiskey burned my insides,

and I knew I could never think of you as wine again.

Timing

It was never about timing:

you were less innocent than me,

your edges outlined in darker hues.

It was never about timing:

I gave you more than I had,

more than I ever got back.

It was never about timing:

it was begging for answers,

and only hearing loud silence.

It was never about timing:

you knew you would hurt me,

and I chose to ignore your honesty.

It was never about timing:

it was relaying subtext of ‘I want you, too,’

and disappearing for days that turned into weeks that turned into