Dear rubber band,
When you are taut
I feel your stretch going out
Getting used up
Strained heart
When you release fast
You snap
I reel briefly
Emote indiscriminately
When you're in my hair
You grab on harder
Than softer hair ties
Yanking
Pulling
I feel exposed when you're back on the table
Should you not be holding something together?
Why are you not doing anything?
I struggle to relax
Leaning hard in ways that I have not leaned before
Even in relief
I am not relieved
To be relieved
As I relax in tension
Like you
Rubber band
Sincerely
With love
Your friend
Roman Ryan 