i fell in love at drivers ed.
i never gave it a thought.
its just a crush.
but i know it wasnt.
you could say it was simply flirtations,
but you’re wrong.
i was scared at first.
but hoped to god i’d be in the same car.
funny.
for an atheist, god seemed to be true.
he was brilliant.
handsome.
creative.
i listened to him babble.
laughed, smiled.
my insides burned.
he was beautiful.
i brought up cemeteries for some reason.
he smiled and teased me the rest of the way about it.
for a minute his hand lay on my leg.
i thought i died.
i have never seen him since.
yet that encounter as the most poetic moment i have experienced so far in this young life of mine.
