RoManic Impressions

Romance is dead, but I'm love sick love love love, Shit! fuck it, lock me back in my head my heart is pounding at the door thumping... thump, thump, thump!- like a smarting wound feel like a fool I'm such a fool, am I a fool? beginning to perspire from tension of denial my nerves are on fire so how can I play it cool? speaking of the elephant in the room I might as well ride the elephant in the room maybe you'll notice without needing me to explain it to you signs and sign language here's to- hoping you can decipher my silent language (smh) love sick love love love Shit! fuck it! I like YOU eh, it doesn't ring like Love, but we're just getting started plus its words from the movie "Hitch" I Like You! why is there so much pressure in a first line? first impressions can lie why scorn second chances, before we're given a chance why can't I just say, "I. Like. You."? should I have been more witty? maybe less direct? possibly kinda smooth? taken more time before I made my move? did I even make a move? is 'like,' as in saying, "I like you", even a major move? did it make you move? make you look? made ya look! everybody wants to be swept off their feet! sheesh! I'll be honest, I don't own a broom my house is all carpet- what? I rather vacuum see? romance is dead and roses are still red and violets and ocean and days are blue and every spark is deja vu umm, so we're connecting right? I'm just used to texting easier to short hand my message to keep from explaining in depth while explaining my depth it may bore you to death more or less, or should I say, more or less? I usually use a few emoji's at best maybe a laugh and light hearted symbols will disarm you so 'lol' and here's a bright yellow smiling cartoon bold, huh?! but I need you to get your mind on me, and off of the last man that harmed you what lane are you in? let's carpool let's have a drink in the middle of the day, no phones no booths just barstools we can keep it as a casual thing until you're ready for the actual fling but be sure, though I'm a man, I wear my heart on my sleeve let me explain, I know I have a stain on my sleeve its not jade- it's old it's just a bit tainted from not paying attention- but I said its my casual T subliminals, dot dot dot see, I'm random I'm honest and out there with my type of silent language- plus for now, this is just a casual thing get it, get it, casual T?! witty right? look, love love, look I mean, LIKE! you know what I mean love, oops, look, like like, look... see this is hard, LIKE doesn't ring the same but its more organic see, texting is easier, all this time created in distance behind our phones that when we meet in person, its hard to say the right things I don't want to say the wrong things or the right things the wrong way or not right enough but don't get me wrong either I just... help me relax yea, I'm a man! and I'm asking for help I've done it everyone else's way, no more advice, this time Ima do it myself! look, I Like you I Like You and I've looked and found none like you and no one looks like you and the way you look at me I've never been looked at like how you look at me.. what I'm saying is, well like I said, nobody 'looks,' like you I feel you see me you feel me? there I go, the first of us to talk about feelings I'm stumbling right now, I get it you wanna leave? just.. see if I don't tell you the truth right now, I'll live to regret it looking at you is like scrutinizing museum art- each moment is pure and poetic that line was probably pathetic hmm I guess I'm saying I want to be where ever you're headed even if its a dead end because romance isn't dead you just run too fast to be two-legged and too fast to be caught with only my two legs so I'm driven to catch up and give you my best seconds and first impressions ok, here we are staring deep into each others eyes, just my kind of silent language- I hope you get the message I found you romance, what an impression I panicked I'm damaged I'm manic I'll manage but gah, damnit! I hope you give me more than a second...impression