it's a good thing

there is a spring
in your step when
she appears, your
heart skips, you lean
in her direction
and you stumble with
your words. all the
wit and widsom learned
through a thousand
dates goes out
the window, your
mouth goes dry, you
can't help yourself,
falling so hard this way,
like a kid in school
who can't eat or
sleep with her on
your mind. it's humbling,
and hopeful, no
matter what the final
outcome, to know
that this, this crazy
emotion still lives
within you, when for
so long you thought it
dead and long gone.