I don’t think anyone
falls in love all at once.
I think it’s gradual
growing
alive
almost like magic.
but looking back
I can remember the moment
I began to realize–
Mario Carts
tickle fights
laughing as the projector
almost met its end
sitting close
everyone falling toward sleep
in the dark
feeling a little cold
feeling you wordlessly
lay your blanket over me
as if you knew.
quietly walking out into the street
looking up at the sky
this odd, incredible feeling
filling my chest
pushing at the boundaries
a feeling I had never felt
didn’t know what to do with
or how to understand
but oh so strongly drawn to
almost like magic
and I knew it had to do with you.
and as I looked up
a shooting star streaked
lighting up the sky behind the clouds
almost like magic.
and so I went to my room
wrote about the night
went to sleep
but I treasured that feeling
paid attention to it
and as it grew it changed
into something beautiful
and aching
and totally unexpected
almost like magic
definitely like you.
and beneath it all
my heart has felt it
ever since.