I realise the title of this poem is awfully uncreative, but I couldn’t think of what else to call it. The title is exactly what this poem is about, so it is what it is!
That Moment Last Night
I think back to that moment last night
As you stared on down at me
The warmth of your body over mine
You whispered so carefully
Delirium takes over our minds
It tends to give me pause
You hold me close, press into me
Tonight, my heart is yours
You brush your nose against my cheek
Beneath the stars we kiss
Time stands still for you and me
Tonight, we just exist
Then you look me in the eye, say:
“What are you doing to me?”
I coyly smile, ask “What do you mean?”
As my heart beats frantically
That’s when I glimpse a part of your soul
As you tell me “You’re a wonderful girl”
I wonder if I’m in a movie now
Dreaming my own little world
But you say it so sincerely, you say:
“Don’t you think otherwise,
I don’t know what you’re doing with me
I’m just an average guy”
Words get caught inside my throat
A traffic jam from my mind
I try to think of all the reasons
As he asks me why
I think of his nervous laughter
I think of his goofy smiles
I think of the sweet things that he does
I think of his artistic style
It’s everything together
And all he did to win my heart
I’m ineloquent in expression
‘Cause I don’t know where to start!
So my mouth spills out generic
Something like “you’re a nice guy”
I think he means the things he says
So I tell him, yes, that’s why
We settle back onto the grass
And as we paint pictures with clouds
I think of things I should have said
If my brain would connect with my mouth
But I take comfort in the growing night
As I realise it’s just the start
We have the rest of eternity
To share what’s in our hearts
So I kiss his neck and close to his ear
I whisper quietly
I tell him that of all the places
There’s nowhere I’d rather be
He holds my hand and smiles
His warmth burns my defence
And I know we are thinking the exact same thing:
“I wish tonight would never end.”
Copyright Lily K. Lynn 2013