and a smile.

she’s bubbly, a cold Coca-Cola

(this ain’t the metaphor,

it’s the real thing)

and I’m

alone & outgunned

light sparkling off her irises

like confetti falling to the ground,

at my feet…

gravity just disappeared.

-it’s caution

-it’s curiosity

it’s truth wrapped up inside this quest

to figure her out

to conquer this fear

to start living, again.