hummingbird

V - CFAmF, PC- GCF, C/B - CGAmF

“let me just stay here for a minute

studying your freckles, please

the sunshine really brought them out today

hey, b?”

run your thumb softly over my cheek

like you were scared you’d break me

tracing constellations on the back of my hand

flirting with permanence

hide sweaty plans of freezing hands

under your sweatshirt

meant to protect you from the cold

not green-eyed girls

chasing your breath

heartbeat like a hummingbird’s

you smiled that smile

and you asked her if she would be yours

concussive wish to know you

so i’ll bat my eyes and dare you

to unravel me

oh, my sarcastic ray of sunshine

i hope you know, to me,

you feel safe. you feel like home.

warm conversation. i’m raw and i’m real

but your smile’s stealing my air

in earnest, i’m hyperaware of the birdsong, the waves and those eyes

and i’ve got butterflies

hide sweaty plans of freezing hands

under your sweatshirt

meant to protect you from the cold

not green-eyed girls

chasing your breath

heartbeat like a hummingbird’s

you smiled that smile

and you asked her if she would be yours

it was far too cold on those docks

laying on our backs

and i know friends

don’t look at you like that

so i just gotta know

can i follow where you go?

you and i, we’ve done our waiting

relentless, doe-eyed trepidation

and now i’m looking at my hiding place

and i don’t know what to say

hide sweaty plans of freezing hands

under your sweatshirt

meant to protect you from the cold

not this green-eyed girl

chasing your breath

heartbeat like a hummingbird’s

you smiled that smile

and you asked me if i would be yours