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A cascade of color and light/
Sparks flying all around and igniting everything in their path/
Billowing clouds of smoke tangle up our feet/
Sunbeams shine through still/
Red heat going all the way to my heart/
Color swarms inside of me/
Steady beats and tickles ricochet within/
Bubbles of adrenaline pop inside me/
I'm sucked into a black hole/
It's gravity so immense, inescapable/
The beautiful nebula surrounding it, so captivating/
All of this/
Is caused by him declaring,/
"I love you"/
The words bounce around my head/
Causing ripples of thought/
and waves of feeling/
To drown me in a cavern under the sea/
My lungs are overtaken with water/
As I spit the phrase back at him/
Trying to catch my breath/
Good thing he knows CPR/
Interpretation: This is probably my favorite poem of all. The first stanza relates to the common feeling of "sparks flying" and "fireworks" in relation to being in love. Luke continually compares Michael to heat, light, fire, the sun, etc. This is because those things are vital to life and cause so much of a chain reaction. Heat and warmth are such powerful feelings and so is love. Line 5 is talking about Luke's blush but also that warm, fuzzy feeling again. Stanza 2 is like that common fanfic phrase of his "stomach flipping" or butterflies. Stanza 3 is referring to Michael's eyes. The last stanza compares his emotion to water. Lines 2-4 are talking about the surprise and reciprocation of Luke's feelings. He's drowned in a cavern because it's new and it's breathtaking. The last line is the best. CPR is referring to Michael kissing him and like rescuing him and bringing him back to reality, isn't that a great analogy.
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Fanfiction"I think you have a great smile"/ An earthquake could've happened in the moments after that and I would have failed to/ acknowledge such a catastrophe. A collection of poems written by Luke as he and Michael fall in love.
