First Kiss
I was sitting from a distance
Hoping she liked me
Hoping she might be
Open to long talks
Daily
Or maybe nightly
I was sitting from a distance
Thinking she was that girl
Maybe her curls
Had been the reason
Why I couldn’t take my gaze away
I was sitting from a distance
And I told myself
Today would be the day
What would she say
I’ve had dreams
About the way
Her arms felt around my neck
How her body and mine
Would intersect
Then common sense would interject
And say you’re not her
Type
Look at who she is
And who you’re
Like
From a distance beside her
I’ve made her smile
Laugh
Played
We have together since
The eighth grade
But that only made us
Friends
Not any closer
She was the vegan
And I was the smoker
She would blossom
And I would choke her
And I let out a puff
As I was thinking this over
That today
Was the day
This instance
That I’d be closing the distance
Beside her
As I looked around
There was nobody else
Like her
So from a distance
I started to walk
I could hear the drum
As I start
Coming out of my chest
I inspected my dress
And I didn’t expect her
To say
Yes
When I opened my eyes
Her lips left mine
The feeling stopped time
Heart beats
Breathing
Mine started again
And I held her closer
With her arms draped
Over my shoulder
I repeated
What I had already told her
And stopped her smile
As our lips met
Explaining it
Much slower
