Brimmed

~my glowing real moment, are you

truly

real?~

i hate him

and i hate you

but I say it all

sing it all

through lying teeth

and suppressed smiles

stupid me

and you with your

pauses and

rewinds,

five, four, three square feet

i'm melting, bursting,

cherry candy below

euphoric skies

stop the sun before i melt into a lovesick puddle and you stomp all over me in optimism-laced rainboots

but there's my balloon soul, untethered

a rarity, a New

cliche cascades and seeps into your skin

but grin and bear it,

as doors creak open and elation showers me like confetti

as grass crinkles and wrinkles below our feet

as i realize,

timing is a lovely thing.