can't put you down

it takes a long time to learn a new language
but babe
i learned you quick like
riding a bike and never
having to put the training wheels on

i don't know how to describe you without
similes
because everything reminds me of you
try me
give me any noun and i can trace it back to you
in six degrees of separation...
something you said or some little
quirk
that i just picked up on

and the typical ones won't do
your eyes are not like oceans
or even chocolate
but your voice melts me inside a little
every time
there's this gentleness that disarms me
and i've got no one liners
no cynicism, no hyperbole
but there's poetry in every step
once i collect myself

i try to take notes for later, but
i'd rather hold your hands than a pen

you make me beautiful
and i've always been pretty
or cute
and yeah, I'm a little cute around you
you make me want to giggle like i'm 13
i have to remember to breathe
when you touch me
because my autopilot dies
like by holding my breath I can will this moment
into forever
there's something about discovering you
that makes me forget that someday
i'll know how it all turns out

like maybe we could be a good book
without a last chapter
i can't hold that last page in my hand
and that feels damn good right now
i'm not even tempted to peek at the ending
but i've been taking it with me everywhere
reading before bed
on the T
in between emails
while walking to the ATM...

trying not to finish
but to know a little more
each time
like a bottomless bowl of ice cream
with no stomach ache
or a song you can't get out of your head
but aren't sick of yet
or like you adding another hour to a night
i was sure had ended already

adding another page
that i can't stop reading
wakes me in the middle of
the night
like a good movie
right before bed

and you're so new
so unblemished by familarity
a football field of virgin
snow
for me to stomp all
over
with another one waiting
next door

you've got a fence up
but i've been shopping
for some wire cutters
and i'm breaking in after
dark
making some snow angels
and a mess
just so you remember
that you've got a co author