your lips tasted like lemonade

we laughed at each other

you didn’t know what you were doing

neither did I,

really


you pulled me close

and you were serious

for once

your lips met mine

but they were gone in a second

like you were afraid I would run

away

we tried again- and you were away from me too quickly

the last time


I looked you in the eyes

and I wasn't scared

for a moment

I reached up on tiptoes

and you picked me off the ground

you were holding me up like I

weighed nothing

at all

and I tasted your tongue for the first time

the air might be poison

and this world may be cold

but every day

you lift me up

and I don’t remember what gravity feels like

anymore

I still get scared sometimes

but I think you do too

so I can say it now

and mean it

I love you