she looked at me
and my heart
suddenly started to beat
like a metronome
and I wasn't breathing
oxygen anymore but
her scent; I mean,
whatever that smelt like
and my veins suddenly came alive
as my teeth collapsed in my mouth
and my fingers hid in their pockets
and I don't exactly know why or how
she was doing this or exactly if
she knew she was doing this to me
but
every time she smiled,
(the sun would burst out of the clouds
on a stormy night and the rain
would carve out words
that not even I knew)
I would recognize it
and every single tooth in her mouth
and every crease and every dimple.
Man, I knew her more
than I knew myself
and after all of that,
I had absolutely
nothing
left
except her.