how it works
is quite simple really
and absolutely wonderful
i suppose
in many many wondrous ways
as i feel my heart soar
whenever you enter the room
and my pulse races
like a merry-go-round
spun out of control
and my head even beats
the thumping of a
big and powerful drum
and i get a little sweaty
and i get a little hot
and tingly
ever so tingly
like you would not believe

and i look at you
i always look at you
a quick glance here
a quick glance there
the perfect body
always wearing the
perfect clothes
and that face
easily worth a million dollars
your teeth they just glisten
white and shiny pearls
and your eyes
an explosion
of the most wonderful
and brilliant blue
that there could possibly be
on the heavenly pallette

yeah...that's you
a little section of heaven
that somehow fell to earth
to let us know
just how wonderful
how utterly magnificent
our little lives could be
just breathing you in
brings me close
to fainting
and my feet are
most definitely
not on steady ground
you make me dizzy you do
and i'll probably fall down

and then i see you
start to look
somewhat in my direction
and i quickly look away
as this shock runs way
up and down my spine
and i sweat
profusely
and i think to myself
maybe this will be the day
when i actually find something
way deep inside me
that resembles some kind of nerve
some kind of balls
some kind of backbone
and i actually move these wobbly feet
over in your direction

it's not that hard really
people meet people
all the time
and from those first encounters
many many times i'm sure
the seeds of love are planted
and they blossom
into the most beautiful
most brilliant
most mind numbingly spectacular
red red rose of love
that could be us
but i'm way over here
and you're way over there
and, though, i see you
just about every day
(hell, i make a point to
just look at you!)
we've never actually met
and someone as fine as you
so close to the grandeur
of the big open sky
could never ever associate
with someone
who is just me

i feel my heart sink a bit
and my eyes are a bit weepy
as i give you one last glance
and i try to hold it
for as long as
i possibly can
and then i turn my head
to the ground
and i quietly shuffle
my feet away
back to my bleak
little hole of a life
for yet another day
all is darkness
when you aren't in
my field of vision
but it's time to go now
and i'll wish you a good day
in my mind
and my heart will always
beat for you
but never touch you
such is life
such is love
in my crazy little world