i felt it long before i stepped outside,
the truth in this gaze frightens me deeply
and i am lost beyond words.
if i could, i would strip you of your inhibitions
and bathe you in words,
stringing you up in letters
that create a stream of consciousness
dripping honesty that i should never let you taste.
it is the impulse
and the momentary proximity
that rips the inhibition from my body.
i too tremble beneath the weight
that the room carries in a chill
like that single magnolia petal trapped between
the wind and the inside of the world
wishing hard to find release
and float a forever away
in the daze that is a summer evening.

detatch and let drift.