Body Hums

It can start so quietly.  Like a fever creeping in on you.  One moment you can be friends, the next completely head over heels stumbling over each thought of them.  You could have known each other so long, than one day they can be your whole world.  The one who’s every word you hang on to like a meth addict.  Without them you can go through this withdraw that is worse than any drug rehab, because it goes deeper than physical.  Your heart beats echo their name.

It can start so simply.  Like a bubble popping at the lightest touch.  One moment like so many before that you have looked into their eyes.  But this time your heart skips a beat, and you see something different, something deeper.  Then they are suddenly the eyes and smile that you dream about at night, that you can finally visualize being with forever.  Your breath sighs their name.

It can start so unexpectedly.  Like a gunshot echo across the woods.  One moment they’re the person you goof off with, then suddenly they are someone you depend on.  That when they smile you can’t help but smile back, like your happiness is attached by a string to their happiness.  Each moment with them is engraved on your mind and never leaving.  Your mind calls their name.