i saw you,
and i blinked,
and you were mine.
did i dream you up? did i change the time?

i close my eyes.
and i sigh, and sigh.
my cheeks a ruddy red-
the rest of my skin aglow.
covering over me-
you become a halo.
warming me,
and stilling my slightly flinching body.

the room pitches up in its temperature.
and my skin goes damp.
and the sweat on my skin makes the room feel like a swamp-
makes everything swell.
you cast me into a sleeping spell.

there's a couple more blinks.
with you in my vision every hungry low lid split.
it's like a fire's lit.
i feel it thrumming in my stomach's pit.

and i yearn and yearn.
but i never learn.

and it happened quick.
and suddenly...