Someday         a lover will come                     to you


and        you will find      him              to                      your liking


someday                       you lovers,                    just like


the ones             you saw                         last     Tuesday


night,   will sit             with knees           touching           with


hands              on laps,            drinking                           shimmer


in the same                  glass                               before


fracturing         a kiss               your God                         cannot be


this cruel          putting you      on       this earth              with a heart


with a       need                           but               no lover                 to want


you                     for life          someday         you          will lock


eyes    with                    your             mirrored heart                 and


someday            this will          happen          because it                has to

Lucas Lui (he/him) is a poet from New York City. He has won a Scholastic Gold Key in Poetry, the Wagner College Poetry Prize, and the NYU Scholar’s Book Fund Award. Lucas has read for the Poetry Society of New York, the New York Public Library, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is currently double majoring in English and Psychology at NYU and recently completed his minor in Creative Writing.

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