titles don't make sense for things like this

destiny

i still don't think
destiny is real
but as i look into

Her eyes

i'm trying to figure out
what to call this feeling.

i guess it's something
akin to

infatuation

because i'm excited
and this is new
and my stomach is churning
but not in a nauseous way.

in a strange way
that's kind of warm
but not too warm

because that would be concerning.
i'd have to get it checked.

maybe it's similar to
what people call
"butterflies in your stomach"

but that never made sense
to me
because eating butterflies
is ridiculous.

who would do that?

"dan?"

my name sounds

different

coming from her lips.
it's shaped differently
and rolls off her tongue
in a way i've never heard before.

it sounds

new,

almost foreign,
and i think i like it better
than i did before.