For Steph
Sometimes you find people
even though you weren’t looking for them
and you thought you’d lost them long ago

When you put two and two together
and come up with her name
your heart makes noises you don’t recognise

Did you know that a brain that is falling in love is chemically different from any other brain?

If we catch it at the right time
we can watch the whole thing on an MRI scan
each neural transmitter lighting up like a firework

That’s probably why
even though you’ve put two and two together
and come up with her name

You can’t put hands and mouth together
to even begin to describe
the tiny backyard sparklers in your head

and how much you need her
to light the next one
and the next.