Does the startle in my stomach
The dead stop of my heart
The breath sucked out of me
When I see you
Does it mean that I love you
Or that I am scared of the thought
Of me being in love
Of having a future with you
The feeling when someone says boo
When they are waiting for you to turn a corner
Is the same feeling I get when I see you
I don't know what that means
Why I get this feeling
Why you make me feel this way
The startle when you have to step on your brake
To avoid hitting something
That's the feeling
A deer in the headlights
When a basketball hits your stomach
And the air is temporarily out of your lungs
The feeling
When I look into your eyes
And see that gorgeous smile
It's catastrophic
How shaken up I get when I see you
And I don't know if it's bad
Or if it's horrifically good
Perfectly placed
It's not butterflies
But whatever you give me
Leaves me quite literally breathless
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Alexithymia
Poesía(n.) difficulty describing feelings toward other people A mixture of poetry and late night thoughts by yours truly
