and idek?

My brain vibrates with carefully thought out arguments and counter-arguments.
My eyes narrow
My eyebrows arch and fall, arch and fall, crease, arch and fall
My nostrils flare, working extra hard
with my lungs
I breathe and ramble on

My shoulders are tense
My arms swing wildly, dangerous and heavy
My hands clench, forming fists, loosen, turning dead
My fingers snap and grasp for whatever
in the air between us
My feet stomp the ground, breaking the earth

Underneath
My heart
My little heart tries to speak
My tired heart tries to fight
and break through the noise and action
I love you


My brain stops. My eyes blink
Furiously, fighting the tears
I inhale... exhale.
I relax. And I stop. And everything stops!

Except my heart.
I love you