echo emerged

listening to my top 14 songs

wanting to share them with you

realizing

you know nothing about my music

as i know nothing about yours

doesn't matter

i still want you

even though we barely know each other

having shared stories

although

never in that deep story-telling place

of the stories behind the stories

listening

you listen so intently 

(and i love that about you)

listening

as if you care

are you so polite to everyone?

does your hair tousle just for me?

is your smile just for me?

my smile is just for you

and why

i can't shut up

can't stop thinking about you

feeling you

planning what i'll say to you

next time we meet

even if it's not until after we die

as if that would stop us

you and i know ...

at least

you should know

having tried

severing ties to those who have moved on

and that not working

give up

give in

let us be