Her face surprises me,
half the time.
The surprise is what it does to me
in just a casual encounter -
all outside of my control,
and all inside that deepest
part of me.
It's like a breath of fresh air, or a
splash of cold water on the face,
first thing in the
morning.
A bracing dose of reality that
leaves me gasping like a fish
out of water.

They say she's supposed to take your breath
away.
I didn't know it was literal,

until today.