honey

“You just need to know this is the first time I’ve ever done this without looking for an exit row.

And I’m pretty sure my seat can’t float but I’ve already fallen from the sky for you,

Already said no to the parachute,

Already told my mother you curse like a sailor and you love like the war is finally over and you have just come home and you are running down the dock in the harbor and you’re screaming my name.

You’re screaming “honey”

and I’m screaming “don’t trip”

and you’re screaming “honey honey”

and I’m screaming “baby don’t fall down”

I am running for your red lips

I am running for your red heart

With my red heart

Red as a Mississippi sunset

Honey”

~ Andrea Gibson