For One Second

That smile was something to die for,
but only if I could take it with me,
only if we met under those conditions

I think even my smile felt different than it used to,
my eyelids went higher than they needed to,
but only because they were casualties of this catastrophe,

I did not know how to untie my hair,
so I let you do it for me,
because I did not know I was beautiful,

The memory of my winter coat,
and the way I felt in it,
but only around you,

You were a reagent,
and a clock,
my clock,

and I loved you,
I loved you more than anything,
because you did not waste my time,