Thursday, March 3, 2011

Beginnings

Eyes catch in a chance glance about the room

And suddenly the heart beats faster

In two previously separate individuals

As one begins to concoct an introduction

The other focuses on the possibility of life-long love

Both leave the safety of their circle of friends

To get some air, stretch their legs, say, “hello,”

To a friend, intending someone they’ve never met

Before their hearts beat right out of their chests

Perhaps a little ringing in the ears, a little sweat,

This feeling of butterflies in the stomach

An awkwardness not common to either one

As fate would have it, they meet in the crowd

She blushes, he trips, they fall together

To catch each other and begin a love

That no one can separate, no one can stop

Then conversation and acquaintance

A smile so sweet that honeybees are jealous

A hand held so supportively from the start

And cementing it together a kiss no other can compare.

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