our second date
(november 23)
we went to see catching fire.
i will never remember all the details of the movie but
i will always remember the little dance we did with our hands
before you finally,
in one big sweeping motion,
moved your arm underneath mine
and grabbed my hand
and held it for the whole movie.

i won’t forget how at the sad parts
you would squeeze my hand a little tighter to remind me that everything was okay.
and i definitely will never forget how when the movie ended,
as atlas by coldplay played all around us,
and everyone was getting up and gathering their things,
we sat there,
holding onto each other and the remaining magic left in the air from the movie.

i could have sat there, leaning against you
for four more movies
but they were cleaning the theater and we had to leave.

since then, i have listened to atlas hundreds of times
and each time i still get the exact swooping feeling i felt in my stomach then
and the feel of your fingers interlaced with mine
and i will never be able to listen to that song again without all of these memories flooding back to me
for that day, my heart caught fire
and it burns for you.