In Between Normal

On a random, unassuming Thursday
Your unappreciated heart
Stumbled upon my broken one
And ever since, nothing has been the same
I wasn't looking for you
I was too busy sifting through the rubble that made me
But I couldn't shake the feeling I got when we talked

Something was gripping me
And that inkling I got when I heard your voice for the first time
Felt more contagious than the common cold
Maybe it was the way that we have both known heartache
The way that a kid knows what it's like to have a quiet, unreciprocated schoolyard crush
Maybe it was the way that my random
Blurted out thoughts make you laugh
And when you do your eyes light up
And it burns the paper string that ties my walls together
That I like to pretend are made of titanium

Editing out all the lines we've crossed
And the words that we dared not speak but did anyways
Arbitrarily giving us permission to be nothing but ourselves
I've had the coffee shop getting to know you talks
I'd rather see the in between
I want to hear all about your afternoon indecision
Curl up and stow away inside the ticking of your weeble wobbling mind

I have tried the human experience on from time to time
Always being treated as just another grain of sand
When I've always felt more other-worldly than that
This pornographic friendship is most definitely something else
It has broken the mold and unintentionally unearthed something I had only dreamt of
There's something to be said for the one who sees you
The one who makes themselves at home in between your normal
You know the one, that side
The simple pleasure of knowing what is hiding behind grazing fingertip touches
Is enough to set me ablaze

I can't help but look at you undeniably fascinated and incredibly intrigued
I feel like a child looking at the ocean for the first time
So forgive me if I look at you and everything happening in my brain pours from my eyes
It's just that my mended heart appreciates you