Remember the party when you sat down next to me?
You were as nervous as I was.
My lips parted to say something inane, as usual,
But nothing came past. I was silent.
You laughed and my heart welled up.
You were so perfect, I was such a dud.
Remember, how you took my hand and your fingers
Intertwined with mine. I was more speechless than before.
Your eyes twinkled and crinkled as you spoke,
I was yours then hook, line and sinker, the old cliche.
Remember, how you said it was over, as you stroked my face
I couldn't speak past the tears in my throat.
I looked at you as though seeing you for the first time
You weren't really that beautifully perfect,
Not really, but then I had been seeing you through rainbow eyes.
Eyes clouded over by rose-colored lenses.
Still, I am glad for the time that it worked for us
that time that I believed in fake magic.
