Ballerina

Your eyes are so green it’s illegal

To cover them up

I break out the lens of your glasses

Because it’s the law

The night that we met was magnetic

I guess I got stuck

You critiqued my pronouncing

As you leaned your mouth in

And when you taught me ballet

Just one of your students

Hot for teacher

Is she the sweetest girl that I’ve ever known?

I’m so dramatic when I’m far from home

Ballerina

I don’t know this dance

So into you I need an ambulance

When you show me where to put my hands

I’m weak

My knees turn to sand

Fell for her in a foreign land

Your shirt is so orange I’d hate it on anyone else

But you turn my least favorite color

Into my mental health

I live in the memory

Your doorway

And the way that it felt

That we were both okay with keeping other people waiting

And when you taught me ballet

Just one of your students

Hot for teacher

Is she the sweetest girl that I’ve ever known?

I’m so dramatic when I’m far from home

Ballerina

I don’t know this dance

So into you I need an ambulance

When you show me where to put my hands

I’m weak

My knees turn to sand

Fell for her in a foreign land

Fell for her all over again, writing this