Steps

Tip, toe


Tip, toe
Low gear rumble
Creeping towards you
Against all contrary forces.
Wait!
Heel, toe
Heel, toe
Pockets of passion
Pounding me senseless
Beyond my rationality.
Think!
Heel-toe
Heel-toe
Your messages of love
Cut through my caution
Perfectly timed.
Fall!
Freeze.
Stay.
You step away
I don't understand
Passion on a stopwatch.
Time's up!
Toe-heel.
Toe-heel.
Do I sense a whisper
Telling me of feelings
I can't ignore?
No!
Toe, heel.
Turn, run.
You finally reach for me
In the nick of time
Pleading for me.
Yes!
No.
Maybe.
Just take me without speaking.
No more crafty words
Feigning sincerity.
Walk.
Back.
Your life unaltered
My naiveté on trial
It laughs at me.
Exposed.
Alone.
Unable to partially feel
Clinging to a moment
That never was.
Never
Never
Never
Was.

Heal.