it dawned on me

It dawned on me
the other day:
perhaps
what he was hoping for
was that I'd be him.
The him that he was for me
back then.
Ah.
That, I can do.

total bust

The blind date? Yeah, whatever. As soon as he finished eating, he was all, "that was fun...we should do it again sometime..." Me? Still eating at that point. Not cool. And, what was with the whole "the gelato here is really good. You should try it sometime. Not now. But sometime."? What? Why not now? I don't get it.