you make me feel dangerous
not falling off the edge dangerous
safe dangerous
like climbing beneath the highway bridge to drink
40’s we bought at Edgewater Deli because they didn’t card
they shined their lights but they could never find us.

you make me feel uneasy
not frightened
a good uneasy
just enough so that my pulse becomes irregular in your presence
it races
like the time we were high and I spilled cranberry juice
at the super market
so we ran

you make me feel loved
not a lasting love
transient
as though at any moment you might flee

leaving me to feel everything alone