Dating on the Deserted Island

He sits by the log

He sits there

And reads the piece of plywood

That washed up on the beach

Somebody wrote the first line to a novel on it

But neither of us can think of what the line is from

So he goes to the log everyday

And reads the plywood

And tries to think of what book it's from

I think it's his version of a job

We, uh, we went on a date last week

It was...well, it was okay

It was the first time we'd really talked

Since we crashed here

Initially there was just a lot of crying

And healing

And then swimming

And figuring out which plants

Will give you a rash on your tongue

If you try eating them

But lately, things have sort of...fallen into a groove

And so, we decided...

I mean, he's cute and all

Very rugged, but that might just be the fact

That he hasn't showered in six months

And he seems funny

This one time he did this thing

With this piece of the plane we were in

He drew a little--haha--a little frowny face on it

Like, um, like 'ohhh nooo we crassshheeeddd boooo'

Haha--You really have to see it to, um, get why it's so funny

So anyway, one day

We're sitting on the beach

Like we normally do

And he...asks me out

And I think about it

Because, you know

At this point, we're friends

And I really don't want to jeopardize the friendship

So I took a day to think about it

On the other side of the island

And I eventually, I thought--

Oh, what the heck, you know?

So we go out on a date

We went to the middle of the island

Where there's this little, um, pool I guess you would say

And there are a few trees

I mean, the entire island is only about the size

Of your average New York apartment

So there aren't a lot of options

For a date night

Even still, I thought we had a decent time

You know...decent

But the next day on the beach

While he was reading the plywood

I thought about the date

And...

It just didn't do it for me

I mean, he's a nice guy

A really great guy

I'm sure any other girl would just love him

It's just that...that girl isn't me

I thought about not returning his calls

But he would call out my name

While standing a few feet from me

So they were kind of hard to ignore

So we had...the talk

We sat on the beach

And watched the sun go down

And I told him

That it just wasn't going to work out

My mother used to say

That a lot of love is geography

It's convenient

And it would be incredibly convenient

If we could fall in love

But...

I guess it's not so crazy that we didn't click

I mean what are the odds that I'm going to land on an island

With the man of my dreams?

I'm sure it would be a better movie if I did

But it's not a movie, it's life, you know?

Just your typical plane-crash-survivor-living-on-a-deserted-island life

We still watch sunsets together

We still walk around the island at least, um, forty-seven times a day

We still really, really, really like each other

But you know, there are other fish in the sea

It's true, I can usually see them on a good day

And you know, figuratively, they're there too

Until then

I'm glad I have someone to watch the sunrises with

Like they say

If you can't be with the one you love

You gotta love the one you're with