Glitch

Glitch

You walked in…

The room

stopped

My breath

caught

lodged

where my heart

should be

Your face.

I've never seen you before but my body is lying to me saying it has.

Eyes meet…

Voltage.

Current.

Wire touching wire.

My pulse

racing

no

stuttering

rewinding

Can't look away.

Won't.

Your mouth moves.

Saying something.

I hear nothing

except the blood

rushing in my ears

like a warning

like a recognition

like

oh

oh no

oh fuck

This is the moment everything changes and I can't stop it.

Hands shaking.

Why are my hands shaking?

You're walking closer…

The air thickens.

Every step you take

the room gets smaller

my lungs get tighter

the space between us

shrinking

burning

alive

Three feet away.

Two.

Desire is just fear that forgot which direction to run.

You say hi.

I forget language.

Mouth open.

Nothing.

Just standing here

short-circuiting

glitching

becoming malfunction

becoming want

so loud

it drowns out

every coherent thought

Your smile…

I want to

bite it

taste it

crawl inside it

One second.

That's all it took.

One look

and I am

unmade

rewired

ruined

for anyone

who isn't

you.

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