By sarah dragonfleyes@msn.com
Date: 10 October 1999

puberty

i tried to think of excuses
just to lean over you
slightly brushing my arm
against your leg
or if you said something funny
so i could ruffle your hair
or just look at you
with my goofy grin plastered
to my face like a dummy

then you would look at me
with that same idiotic face
that mirrored mine so well
i felt you inching closer to me
then that one spine tingling moment
as if i was sixteen again.......
my hand touched yours
and my stomach decided to 
jump around for me 
since i couldn't

then i looked over at the recliner
and there he was sleeping
obvlious to what was happening
between you and i
he fell asleep with the sour smell 
of beer on his shirt and his breath
he had his pajamas for the eve

and here were you and i
hiding the fact that something
was happening
with the smell of soap between us
i wanted to lean over and just sniff
it off of you

he went to sleep downstairs
while you and i discussed "us"
and what "us" was........
or what we wanted
yet our lips have never met
but our souls have