Like the rising excitement
for a special day
soon to come,
And the first day
I held a puppy.

Like the butterflies fluttering
around in my stomach
on the first day of school,
And the warmth filling my veins
when I first heard your voice.

Like the silent echoes
of things I’ve never heard.
Like the lone tree that fell
in a forest of nothing.

You are a thought I can’t get out of my head.