Falling in love
As a kid I didn’t know
What it meant
But the image haunted me—of
two people meeting
& tumbling heart first
In a hole of
their own feeling
Never to be found
(I’m sure Phil Collins
Was partly to blame)
But for the longest time
I avoided all eye contact
So I wouldn’t disappear
In a hole burrowed by love
It lasted ’til I was eight
God knows how many opportunities
Slipped by
But today I wish you lift
Your gaze and meet
As many eyes as you can
So you can fall hard
As hard as you can
Love may hurt like death
But it’s the only pain
That will truly make you feel alive
That and slow dancing to Phil Collins