Is it just the fluorescence behind you...
or you seemed to glow in glee
while discussing the play's flow?

I do not know if time went slower
but everything around you froze;
when your eyes locked me into a stare, and I... flare.

Is it not our classroom too dingy and dark,
thanks to your sparkle, though 'cos
my warm days there weren't a dully dull.

Ketchup and mustard
Cancelling each other's finest
So what, it ain't bad
But it weren't us the slightest

Marveled over threads
Liked and posted
And even shared

Always controlling
The musty button that says
'Another tab, please!'

But then....
Your eyes wandered
Back to the task assigned

'Tic, tac' says the clock
Oh, now, you're in shock!
No more hitting the sack

Depth unfathomable yet earnest and felt, like
Electric eels elusive from an amateur’s grasp.
Nickel and dime’s got nothing for her knack to thole
Impossibilities, but never for sadists, brute, or insolence.

Savors solitary walks to confront oblivion, if not,
Embraced in late-night revels with kindred spirits, or blank spaces