So hypothetically,
What would you say if I said
Let’s be friends
That take late night walks
And dance in the middle of cobblestone streets,
Embracing frigid air on overheated skin,
Arms out, flying, and falling over words
Saving laughter and now ex-secrets for our ears only
So hypothetically,
What would you say if I asked
You on a date
Nights on the couch, head against your shoulder
Wearing a stolen beanie, tousling fluffy hair
With unsure fingers
Whispering “you should tell me to stop”
Surprise setting in when you don’t
So hypothetically,
What would you say if I asked
For a kiss
Because your lips look like they would fit against mine
Two pieces of a puzzle fitting together with that little click
A key and a lock brought together with that little click
A gunshot of adrenaline going off with that little click
Of the trigger
(Squeeze any tighter and I’ll be in over my head)
Teach my inexperienced lips the dance every girl
Dreams of learning
So hypothetically,
What would you say if I asked
For things to be serious
Your pictures of us laughing, lit up by city lights
My poems read on those nights when we’re not sure
Where this is going
Stumbling along, hand entwined, lovers embraced
Falling over words the other will catch
So hypothetically,
What would you say if I confessed
To loving you
That you had me spinning in circles from day one
Your laugh had me drunk
And every night, I dreamed of
Kissing that silly smile off your face
I stopped believing in fairy tales
But I’m under your spell
This is the twisted love story I always wanted
So hypothetically,
Let’s dance on broken city streets
Lips meeting in grungy stairwells
Hands tangled in pockets in the dark
Stay up too late and wake up too early
Get lost in each other’s eyes
Let gravity act on these love drunk bones
Until we can’t escape each other
If your answer is one
You’re not sure I want to hear,
It’s okay,
This was all hypothetical,
right?