Support bubble

So, I thought a big vulnerable moment was to summarise myself on a dating app,
Little did I know that was only step one.
3 great dates in and the rumours of lockdown started to grow,
as my housemates dispersed, we chose not to run.

But when the Prime Minister’s lockdown update came through, I got scared and chose to return home,
for us, this could have been the wrong thing to do,
but instead we got creative and chose to keep it going,
even with things set against us we still grew.

We became each other’s support bubble and each text - however mundane - brought a smile,
Trust bloomed and with each day we had more to lose.
As lockdown started to ease, we prepared to see each other,
but sadly, he had to leave after bad news.

On his return we moved away from the virtual to some new type of reality.
When I questioned opening up our bubble
he started getting excited about the things we could do
Now we happily call ourselves a couple.