When Our Eyes Met

Our eyes met in the hall And I thought I might fall My heart lept inside my chest That would be my nerves at their best “How is that possible” I thought For one human to look that… hot Then my jaw dropped… My knees locked And my heart stopped there was a girl with him And they just hugged, what a sin WHO IS SHE!?!? I screamed And you wouldn’t have believed No you wouldn’t have believed how many eyes were then on me And so I simply said hoarsely “Can you forgive me?” And she… she looked at me and said, “I can, but can he?” Then it hit me like a semi at full speed Or a fast and furious fire lit on dry milkweed... His family was in town, she’s his cousin, And I’m the girl whose face was not one shade of red, but a dozen