I think we’re alone now.
My hand trembles as it reaches for yours
Watch me dive in, opened up
Pulses racing like children on ice
Press the top of my head to the bottom of your heart
Let me feel the beat
Start to sway
A little to the left
Now to the right
Twirled like a falling flake
I fall into you, cheeks flushed
Breath coming fast and hot, wet and wild.

The music stops and so do we
Frozen, for a moment, lingering
Sweet silent surrender (denial, I know your tune by heart)
You pull away, rub your hands on your pants
I fold my arms across my chest, a hollow pantomime of the warmth you gave
We both look up, down, sideways,
Avoidance our coward’s gold
I make up something to do-somewhere to be-someone to see
The muscle of my heart reknotted as an organ
ordinary/electricity is just what fuels my tesla

(I want you to stop me from leaving but I don’t think I could handle it if you did.)