Just give me a moment

to catch your eye and grin.

‘Cause connection is the first component

in love, isn’t it?

You say a few words

and a blush spreads along my skin.

You bring all the nerves

and the butterflies rush again.

I laugh at your bad jokes,

because every syllable draws me in.

And every part of me hopes

that we could be a win-win.

I may have fallen,

oh-so-far.

So take caution,

you make me kind of bizarre.

It seems I’m in love,

and it’s frightening to think.

Because you would never shove

someone who wants to shrink.

-/-

Help… every. single. word. is. true.

The last stanza is kind of an allusion to how I met the person this is about.

Wasn’t really the prompt, but I consider myself a child at heart, soooo…