By standingonmyfoot@hotmail.com
Date: 5 March 2000

somewhere between wrong and just right

once the air was still
you told me you liked
my bare feet
and i couldnt understand

why the right was hot
why the left was cold
goosebumps on my cheek?
i didnt believe you

i wrinkled my brow
but it didnt help
iron the crease in yours
i thought too hard too long

but that look in your eye
and that lead in your tongue
made me nervous
i wanted to trust you

i fathomed it all
when i could not look in you
and see what i thought
that i would: me

i convinced you to smile
and made it easy to go
while my heart baked on one side
and froze on the other

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