avatarJohn Lee Van Roy

Summary

The content reflects a personal conversation about emotional intensity and identity.

Abstract

The text titled "Kissing a Flower" presents a dialogue between two individuals, where one party expresses feeling overwhelmed by the intensity of the other. The second party, who is likely the author, reassures their counterpart and shares a personal detail about being called "gay." The conversation is set against a backdrop of intimacy, as indicated by the presence of the speaker's partner's long hair in their bed.

Opinions

  • The first speaker expresses fear due to the intensity of emotions.
  • The second speaker, possibly the author, disagrees with the notion that they are the source of the intensity.
  • The second speaker reveals a personal aspect of their identity, being called "gay," which may or may not be self-identified.
  • The presence of the partner's hair in the bed suggests a close physical relationship and a sense of vulnerability or openness.

Kissing a Flower

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Sometimes you scare me, you said, it’s all too intense. It’s not me.

I tend to disagree.

Don’t worry, I said, some people call me gay.

And now your beautiful long hair is everywhere in my bed.

Poetry
Life
Love
Flash Fiction
Romance
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