13

Now I enter a new day with nervous breaths A return of innocence The red balloon that you want to win In summer’s carnival That hand you want to hold But can’t Those goosebumps that embed an uplifting silence Pacing by the phone, Echoes of ringtones and comfort greetings A deep blue sky during autumnal Saturday mornings Where, now, I find myself standing by a solitary chair In a school dance As “Right here Waiting” plays in 500 watt flirtations Hoping she accepts this dance Living for the remembrance of you Romantic palpitations reaching towards handwritten memories Living for your remembrance of me This 13 yr old heart Beating Beating Towards a smile of irrevocable consequences Caressing ivory keys upon resilient sunflowers Awaiting our smiles to rendezvous unto willful sunrises Our solemn faces against shoulders Swaying to a never-ending stanza Missing you, like The Police, With every breath I take ©Drake J. Eszes