“I observe you – watching your every move. You’re watching everyone else…” JD Butler
Euphoria
spreading outward like your ‘Albatross’, set to soar; crowd surfing your way into Heaven
You ride it like the wind
steam punking up your moves like they’re going out of fashion, reinventing the wheel & cogs kick up a gear on your deck
Euphoria kicks up a storm in my heels, my flapper tassles set to sidle sidelong into your heart – if I could retrace my steps, pulling my own heart strings
You set the scene in red
parasols with frilly bits line your periphery, reminding us of beauty; love can still be found in all the right places, in more than one heart
I move in time to paradiddles, rhyme & unreasonable expectations, underneath a canopy of tune swinging my way into bliss & unwelcome trysts
You, ‘row your boat’ to freedom in the stars without wind in your sails or decompression, relying on faith & kindness; your current is like lightening in fractals
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I observe you – watching your every move. You’re watching everyone else, until the parties over & you find me
For a nanosecond I am smitten, before I find myself too afraid to feel
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