Close Enough To Touch

Coffee gone cold on the table

We forgot the time again

Talking like kids in a fable

Laughing at the way we almost met

Your sweater sleeve brushes my wrist

That quiet spark

I feel it jump

You hide your smile in your tea cup

I lose my words

My careful front

Stay right here

Don't move too much

The world feels close enough to touch

Your name still trembling on my tongue

Like every love song left unsung

If this is all we ever get

I’ll thank the stars for this regret

So stay right here

Don't move too much

Tonight we’re close enough to touch

You trace circles on the window

Saying you should head back soon

Street signs blur in your eyes’ glow

I swear they spell out “me and you”

You ask

“What are you thinking?”

I stall

Then let the answer fall

“If I lean in

Will you meet me

Or will I scare off it all?”

Stay right here

Don't move too much

The world feels close enough to touch

Your name still trembling on my tongue

Like every love song left unsung

If this is all we ever get

I’ll thank the stars for this regret

So stay right here

Don't move too much

Tonight we’re close enough to touch

Maybe this is how it starts

Not fireworks

Just beating hearts

One soft “yes” in a quiet room

Changing all the years before you

So stay right here

Don't move too much

The world feels close enough to touch

Your name still trembling on my tongue

Like every love song left unsung

If this is all we ever get

I’ll still be glad that we both leapt

So stay right here

Don’t move too much

Tonight we’re close enough to touch