masking tape

by mts

i fell in love
when it was least convinient
when my life was a mess
and my hands hurt from strings

i fell in love when i fell
off of the swings
off of childhood conversations
where no one knew what id mean

i fell in love
when i put down my pen
and picked up the phone
and started talking again

i fell in love
when the distances collapsed
into a six minute drive there
a six minute drive back

and i fell in love
because i was alone
because my brothers had left me
and she was my home