Your face lights up
In a certain kind of way
When I enter the room
Or you greet me for the first time
It is a certain kind of feeling
That I've been wanting
For a certain kind of time
And I don't know where any of it is going
But it feels good to hear your voice
To feel your eyes linger on mine
It's like we feel the same peak of desire
For our art
For perhaps each other.

You use the word baby
Very often
I like it when you use it
And I adjust the way I think and feel
So that I don't fight for more
Hoping to just enjoy.

You followed after me
In a room full of arcade neon lights
Our bodies leaning into each other
And ride on the escalator up.

I drink whiskey
You prefer beer
I like it when you wear your hair down
It longer than mine
And I secretly hope
You make the next move.

You make effort
We communicate
We live separate lives
The moment I heard your name for the first time
I felt a little glimmer
Of something.