you changed something this weekend
shifted
locked
usually so prepared,
usually I know
but this feeling, it _rattled_ me
with warmth
with fear
with the understanding that things are different now
it wasn't you gleaming with sweat,
standing at an overlook of a fairytale waterfall,
brimming with a joy found only in nature,
waiting
it wasn't your face flickering with firelight,
understanding a deep part of me,
your voice a lullaby,
melting me like the shake in your hand
it wasn't walking through technicolor geyser pools,
alone together behind our group,
asking to hold my hand for an energy transfer,
close enough to see the striations in your eyes
__no__
it was in a gas station
_full of strangers that disappeared the moment you smiled at me
and I lost control of my smile that echoed back_
warmth
and
fear
something changed this weekend
shifted
locked
Aug 27, 2025
Aug 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM UTC
you changed something this weekend
shifted
locked
usually so prepared,
usually I know
but this feeling, it _rattled_ me
with warmth
with fear
with the understanding that things are different now
it wasn't you gleaming with sweat,
standing at an overlook of a fairytale waterfall,
brimming with a joy found only in nature,
waiting
it wasn't your face flickering with firelight,
understanding a deep part of me,
your voice a lullaby,
melting me like the shake in your hand
it wasn't walking through technicolor geyser pools,
alone together behind our group,
asking to hold my hand for an energy transfer,
close enough to see the striations in your eyes
__no__
it was in a gas station
_full of strangers that disappeared the moment you smiled at me
and I lost control of my smile that echoed back_
warmth
and
fear
something changed this weekend
shifted
locked
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