So Short But Special

We’re both running out
Of time I thought
Speak for yourself
She said

I nodded
Half lost
In her gaze

I wanted to confess to her
Like I couldn’t
With any other

I wanted to undress her
Like I couldn’t
With any other

She laughed at my tomfoolery
In her semi-clandestine mind
Ridiculing my absurdity
But giving it thrift-thought

She nodded
Half lost
In my gaze

She toasted us
As if we were coconuts
As if we were lost sheep
As if we really mattered

We nodded
Half lost
In our eternal gaze