Excuse me,
Would it trouble you terribly so
If I barrowed this seat
This empty seat
And,
If I may impose can I steal a minute, or three?
And I simply must ask the name by which you have chosen.
For it will be known
That on this crisp morning of little significance by time
Or season,
I was given the name of an angel.
Ahah!
Yes!
Infect me with your smile
The whimsical one I spied from across this very room.
Oh but please, don’t hide your smile so lovely,
For I crave it already
And besides,
Your eyes simply cannot lie!
But wait!
You twirl your hair?
Do I make you nervous?
Surely it’s the contrary,
I swear!
You see my heart is a flutter and my stomach is churning
My mind is racing
And I am just hoping
Hoping you won’t notice
My palms are sweaty
I am speaking far too quickly,
Or that my foot is subconsciously tip-tap tapping away
But despite my anxiety threatening to steal my lips I must press on
Where were you born?
What city or town, did you or do you call home?
And I hope I’m not intruding
But do you come from a small or large family?
You ask my name and return every question in kind but I assure you my answers are rather unimportant,
And besides our time is short
And my heart is burning
I fear I cannot wait a second or minute longer
So I ask before I go
May I share another conversation over breakfast or dinner?
For it really doesn’t matter
And if you answer “no”
Just know that I will be fine
For I feared I hardly had a chance.
Scratch that
My heart will break and cry
But it comes as no surprise.
But with your fair grace I have my answer
And with elation and dread I chance to see you again.
Jan 14, 2016
Jan 14, 2016 at 11:44 PM UTC
Excuse me,
Would it trouble you terribly so
If I barrowed this seat
This empty seat
And,
If I may impose can I steal a minute, or three?
And I simply must ask the name by which you have chosen.
For it will be known
That on this crisp morning of little significance by time
Or season,
I was given the name of an angel.
Ahah!
Yes!
Infect me with your smile
The whimsical one I spied from across this very room.
Oh but please, don’t hide your smile so lovely,
For I crave it already
And besides,
Your eyes simply cannot lie!
But wait!
You twirl your hair?
Do I make you nervous?
Surely it’s the contrary,
I swear!
You see my heart is a flutter and my stomach is churning
My mind is racing
And I am just hoping
Hoping you won’t notice
My palms are sweaty
I am speaking far too quickly,
Or that my foot is subconsciously tip-tap tapping away
But despite my anxiety threatening to steal my lips I must press on
Where were you born?
What city or town, did you or do you call home?
And I hope I’m not intruding
But do you come from a small or large family?
You ask my name and return every question in kind but I assure you my answers are rather unimportant,
And besides our time is short
And my heart is burning
I fear I cannot wait a second or minute longer
So I ask before I go
May I share another conversation over breakfast or dinner?
For it really doesn’t matter
And if you answer “no”
Just know that I will be fine
For I feared I hardly had a chance.
Scratch that
My heart will break and cry
But it comes as no surprise.
But with your fair grace I have my answer
And with elation and dread I chance to see you again.
Although a bit of a longer poem I wrote this with the intent to tell the story of meeting that special someone, that makes your heart leap and stomach churn, for the first time.
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