Consent

Creative Strategy # 48: Just say it

Consent

I didn’t ask to join you

I just sat down

I didn’t ask to love you

I grabbed the nearest hold

& clung 

until the flood had calmed

I didn’t ask to marry you

I complied

The request was unspoken

& accepted

days

before one yes

crept out of you

or me

—Patrick O’Leary