untitled.

I’m forgetting to breathe
And the driveway starts to spin
I open my eyes,
With a hope to stabilize myself
And stop the spinning
- I falter- and then I realize
that he is holding me,
And so I cannot fall
He will keep me
And so I smile in my mind
And close my eyes again
To surrender to the spinning
Shedding my fear of falling
Like spinning on an unwinding swing
Uncertain of balance
Embracing the eloquence and irony
of a simple moment’s kiss
and I close my eyes again,
and let myself begin to spin again
because I know I can’t fall