I Knew I Loved You When I Danced With You

Apparently our entire

universe is in a constant

state of expansion.

 

Even when we’re touching,

our molecules resist,

like two magnets

suspended in space.

 

Like two lovers:

one on land, reaching

towards the other

as the boat takes him

farther and farther away

from her fingertips.

 

But even when her fingers

touched his cheek,

his shoulder,

she could never truly touch him.

 

There is the thinnest sheet

of glass between us and a sign:

Please don’t touch.

As if that could stop us.

 

The reason we always feel

like we need to be closer,

closer, closer

is because

we have to hold on, in fear that

gravity will betray us, pull us

apart faster than the universe

already does.

 

Don’t let go, Jack.

 

I’m in a constant

state of contraction.

 

Our bodies will

collapse, absorbing

the energy dancing

between our cells.

 

We will expand

and expand until

we make our own

microcosm,

big enough to hold

in our hands,

and small enough to

swallow whole. 

 

You will be the sun --

and I,

I will be the little

meteor, caught in

your galactic warmth.

 

I’ll orbit you, hoping that,

one day, I’ll be important

enough to you,

that one day you’ll

look at me and

call me a planet.

 

 

Reviews

[Tamika]

I really like this, i like the little fact(s) you snuck in and i like the words you used, intriguing and expressive well done :)

[Kelley Quinn]

Thank you!!