I would love to say that it was just another hello, from just another person.

I would love to say that it was a hello that didn’t mean that much to me

I would love to say that the feeling I had after saying hi to you , walking by you and feeling your hands padding me on my arms was caused by me neglecting to eat enough, not sleeping enough and overall just not feeling all to well

I would love to say that me being ‘short-ish’ of breath and me being very aware of the air going past my mouth, through my windpipe, into my lungs and back again, had nothing to do with the fact that I hadn’t seen you for a while…

No buts…