SEXUAL HEALING

Laying on my bed; listening to music and also thinking of Lena. “Ugh...” I sigh. I’m worried about her, how if something bad happens to her or she does something bad. I can’t stop thinking about her. I reach for my phone on the bedside table and I open the gallery, I'm looking at the old pictures. I’m smiling; I see the old picture of me and Ben. I haven’t removed all of our pictures yet, there are a hundred pictures of us. I turn around and put my phone back on the bedside table.

I stare at the ceiling… My phone is ringing, I reach for the phone on the bedside and stare at the phone screen. Ben calls me, what a coincidence. I pick up the phone. I hear Ben’s small breath when I pick up the phone.

“Hello?” I say. “Hey, how are you?” Ben says hiding his sadness. “Umm… I’m doing well, you?” I say and sigh. “I’m fine!” Ben says. “I just saw our old pictures and what a coincidence you called me!” I say. “Mmm… I see our old pictures too, my favorite is the picture we took last summer” Ben