Two Seconds

Jess Norris

2 seconds. 

That’s how long shooting stars last. 

Of course there’s hundreds; 

even thousands every night. 

But if we look away from the sky; 

for those brief moments, 

A star may have already fallen. 

 

2 seconds.  

I hadn’t seen your face, 

or learned your name. 

I heard your laugh and was lost in a promise. 

Like a shooting star, 

before I knew it, 

I had already fallen. 

 

2 seconds. 

I was in love in that short time. 

With arms wide open, 

and a heart ready to be tamed. 

You are everything I dreamt of, 

and every day that I hoped for. 

 

2 seconds. 

Is all it took for me to find you. 

If I hadn’t been looking,  

if I had taken my eyes off the sky… 

I would still be searching.  

 

2 seconds and I was yours.