Barely afloat
A fountain flows
What once was so contained
now floods in puddles on the floor
Emotion clogs the drain

Can’t pick it up, or put it back
Can’t stop it once it starts
I overflow
I beg of you
Be still my beating heart

I greater fear the suited man
than sweet Gary George of Bradenton

His hazel eyes-
a sight!
prettier
than one thousand green bills

Broken down but not broke
Wealth in love and humility
He smiles at the summer sky
“What a beautiful day.
I am rich.”

In every interaction
a bit of sadness
knowing how far away
our transactions are made
Blush
eyeliner
and lipstick
fade
Sunsets on a city scape
I'd run there barefoot
if you'd only
meet me there halfway

Relax, relax, Halifax
It's only just a crush
But I keep your playlist on repeat
as days turn into dust
In the next life
we'll be neighbors
and meet when we're sixteen
I'll knock on your door
to borrow sugar
if you know what I mean
But for now
I die for your name upon my screen
In this existence
even at a distance
it feels so good to be seen