do you tremble?
because I do
whenever I feel
the energy of your heart
trying to say something.
and my eyes are tired
from all the shining
they do with tears
of happiness
those words carefully
plotted out on a timeline
evoke.
and could you feel that
that, just then?
the bolt of lightning
I was sure had struck
when my mouth
smiled involuntarily
drawing in
ragged breaths
that can’t grasp enough
of the air I’m dying to breathe
when you say things like that
that make me want to live
forever, just hanging on
to you.