just thinking

sometimes
i catch a little glimpse of something
and it makes my heart catch just a little
maybe
well, not maybe, no
definitely
i had this thought, long ago:

i want him to feel that way about me
no, even before that
before there was any you, really
that is what i want
that emotion
directed at me

and then when i looked into your eyes, i guess
then it had to be you

but
part of what i love about you
besides the fact that you have beautiful eyes
are generally a god damn beautiful pain in the ass
are smart and funny and blah blah blah

you are a sentimental creature
a hopeless romantic, maybe
but maybe not so it's obvious
maybe we are alike in that way

and
maybe everyone else in the world is too
i don't know, who can say
but you are, in a way i get

it's hard not to be romantic about it
because
it's the little things
you have no reason to think i'd ever know about
that
in the end
are what is making me want you the most, right now

ya big lug