I never talk to the guy outside the store.
With his green eyes,
he towered over me.
He was the type
girls like me avoided,
but today I stopped to ask what he was doing.
Maybe it was the enticing smell of sweets
or the sugar high I was on
I don't remember why I bothered,
He was completely lost
in a whole other world
and with a simple word
He grabbed my mind and led me
someplace I'd never explored before.
It's the place where dreams
are more than simply dreams.
Where walking forward would take you to your past,
where words mean more than a narrow-minded fool
could possibly comprehend.
The penny candy store beyond the El is where I first fell in love,
I'm still falling.