Ode to your Shaking Hands
you don’t know this
But i can feel the way
You pull away from me the way
You shrink back when people stare at us too long
I want to take your hand, stand strong with you
I know it might make you nervous
so I don’t
Instead, I buy you coffee
hug you closer
Tell you how strong you are.
“hey there, chipmunk.”
I love your smile, the way
you laugh at stupid jokes the way
You crinkle your eyes, tilt your head to the side
Sometimes I’m scared to say you’re beautiful
What if you understood
and left me
You say beauty runs strong, deep
like a river
And you love me for mine.
You remember
That picnic lunch the way
We talked for hours on end the way
We sat on the hood of my car in the park
Sharing the cookies, naming the stormclouds
When the rain came we hid
in the car
And we were strong and we were
beautiful
And this is love