Heat Element

You knocked on my door after all those years.
I hugged you hello as if we had never been apart,
and I thought "When did you grow such broad shoulders?"

You sat on my couch and tried to explain to me the advanced heating systems you designed. I watched your mouth as you spoke and wondered , "What does his breath tasted like?"

You help me build a garden and we got caught in the rain, I called you "Dirt Boy" and you threw mud at me. You believed my tears were real and came to wipe them away. "There-there Flower Girl ." I tripped you and you were coated. You pulled me down in the slime with you as I laughed. "Dirty pig", I thought. You said" You are beautiful."

I made you dinner to make up. You said, "Good Bye" with a hug. Your arms wrapped around me for a moment too long. I looked up into your eyes and thought. "What is a thermocouple?"