Verification Words

Don't you just love those "verification" words,

the key that opens the door for comment posts?

The other day, I got a wonderful made-up word.

INTIMID.

I think that's what you are when you're wounded

or inexperienced or worried about how you look,

but you're easing your way

toward intimacy with someone new

ever so slowly.  .  .

with eyes averted when the whole process

gets a little too intense

or the fear rises up like a bulimic episode.

Gently sliding toward connection.

So full of hope, but a bundle of nerves.

Wanting to get close, but holding yourself back

just a little.

Intimid.