a repeating adolescent
uncomfortable with girls &
confused about women
everyone else seemed
normal enough
not me.
a growthless child
living on pain
i knew nothing of love
of falling in love
of making love.
Life taught me as best she could.
She opened my eyes.
i met you
& i thought, “you’re really somethin’”
She tapped me on the back.
i drove you home
up to a crystal palace.
She shook me by the shoulders.
i took your picture.
etched my memory.
She led me by the hand.
i became your friend.
She hugged me.
we touched.
She punched me in the nose.
we kissed.
She broke my jaw.
we loved.
& ran over me like a diesel truck.
it can’t get any better
than this.
not ever.
am i finally beginning to understand
romance?
would you like to share
one happily-ever-after?