Here.

Here we are.
we found each other
and I don't know about you
but my stomach starts doing flips when I see your face
Like I'm a gymnast
doing backhandspring-double twist-somersault- non fat mocha latte type spins
making me dizzy and inverting my view of the world
until I fall
for you.

the one variable in my life
because I love to categorize
and you
just don't fit
in the neat boxes that I've lined up in my head
I can't sit you on the shelf
next to my childhood memories
or tuck you away in the box with my general lack of faith in the male population.
I don't know where you go.

and honestly, I'm scared.
Like I was as a little girl.
When I thought there was an alligator under my bed
I knew that it wasn't possible, or even probable
but that didn't mean that I'd dangle my hand over the edge to tempt him
because I didn't want to get hurt.
If I got dragged into the unknown in my sleep
I wasn't sure if I'd make it back the next morning.

but for you?
I'd wrestle every scaly beast that lurks in florida swamps
like a female Steve Irwin
tie their sharp snouts shut
if it meant I could get to you.

You, the best muse that anyone could have.
I never thought that I'd have a "you"
and honestly, this is probably as close to a love poem as I'll ever get.

You see, they say that love is blind
but I can still see.
They say love is a weapon
but I never learned how to fight.
Love is patient, love is kind
but I was never schooled in all the virtues.

I.... have never been in love.

But I figured that when I was ready, it would happen
prince charming would appear
and I would be the one riding the horse
because I've never been much of a damsel in distress

but I just wish you could see past the front that I put up so hard
that i'm fine being one of the single ladies
all you women, who independent
throw your hands up at me
just another line in a beyonce song

when really
I want to be the everything to your brad paisley
Fly you to the moon like frank sinatra
so that I can finally sing at last like etta james.

But right now
my heart is thumping out a beat
to a song that I don't know the words to.
and besides
we both know
that you're the better singer anyway
So write down the lyrics that are stuck in my head
and I'll move to the emotion in your voice

because you found me.
and here we are.