Nice boy
Back in school, we’d ride bikes
Just not together
Parallel lines, at the same time
One of us too, too shy
Lone wolves, we
Both damn quick
With pencil and paper, too
Hearts raced, true love confessed
Notes never delivered
Our legs unable to take the leap
Fast-forward decades later
And analog becomes digital
I knew not your name until now:
Fragile
This is fragile me
The me shaken, not stricken
The Phoenix at night