WINE TASTING

By Sam Yau

I’ve been the person

who’d fall for

the first one

who came along.

This time,

I’d change.

I would

look,

swirl,

sniff,

sip

and savor

the exquisitely curated

rich varietals

in the perfect

sequence.

But I can no longer

delude myself;

can’t hide behind

an idyllic new life

you’re not the

center of—

my fear of

being trapped

in a single taste.

This morning,

I woke up engulfed

in the pain of the

looming separation.

How I would

pine for you

when the iron bird

fades into the cloud,

How I would

run away

in clever ways,

only to find

your face swirling

in my heart.

Once more,

I tore the

tasting menu

to pieces.

There is only one.

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