only the beginning

it was at the
staff Christmas party
when i first saw you

tinsel sparkling
in your hair

you were dancing
to that one pretender's song

(not the one with the pocket
but the other one)

you bobbed
and weaved
a dance that ali
would be jealous of

babbling
quite forcefully
between the beats
about the fact
that there was
only one kind of
doritos

(all the rest were impostors)

i watched
from my corner
of the world

safe behind my
bourbon and coke

and for one second
i could hear someone
whisper

"run away."

but i didn't

i stepped forward
into your light




.....it was all over for me after that

poem inspired by: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2015-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-5   (come on in-- the water's fine)