I remember those moments back in the summer
we sat so close our thighs touched.
So close
I could count the sparks in your eyes.

I remember thinking of you in colors
bright and bold.
I remember forgetting all the ideas of love
I had ever been told.

We’d reached and locked hands, timid
not knowing what to say.
Other than,
Can I kiss you?
Can I touch you for the rest of our days?

I could have spent eternity planting courage in our minds
because in that moment our fears didn’t hold us back
and that moment was divine.