Short and sweetish — Summary

Just hold my hand this one last time. Say I'm dumb I do not mind. Just stay here with me until we're gone, as our feelings finish this cliché song. It's all been done before I know it's true. But all I want is me next to you. Take me back to the time of Windows that tried to sell us out. And Cold feet under warm blankets that kept us safe from doubt. Your smiles that bent reality and made the distance between our lips feel like endless space. Space that we traveled in fractions of seconds.

Just one more kiss before I leave. Just one more moment with you and me. Just one more kiss. I may never leave. Just a few more to keep my heart beating. Just 100 more. Until I can't breath. Just 100 more. Until my lips will bleed. Just 100 more. There's no stopping me. Just 100 more. You have set me free.

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Lorenzo Fuentes's "Short and sweetish" is a goodbye that doesn't want to end. The speaker asks to hold someone's hand one more time and admits the whole thing feels like a cliché song, but says that doesn't matter. All they want is to be next to this person.

The middle section looks back at the relationship through small, warm images: cold feet under blankets, smiles that made the space between two mouths feel huge yet easy to cross. The memories seem to be what the speaker is clinging to.

Then the poem speeds up. "Just one more kiss" becomes "just 100 more," repeated until the requests turn almost desperate, with images of running out of breath and bleeding lips. The final line, "You have set me free," is ambiguous. It might mean relief, acceptance, or a bittersweet release from the relationship. The mood is tender, raw, and a little reckless, like someone stretching out a final moment for as long as they can.

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