I never really knew you
I saw you as a perfect being
perfect from all sides
and I strived to be like you
erasing the imperfection that lay inside me
you weren't like the others
you actually acknowledged my presence
waving to me
across the cafeteria
when I was secretly admiring you
I put you on a pedestal,
envisioned you as godlike.
then that all came crashing down
when I met you one day
in the weirdest place
and I realized that we were not all that different
you were also a person
like me
you had imperfections
like me
you strived to change the world
like me
you were nothing like the others
you were different
you were unique
but that hasn't changed anything,
remember that
the admiration has only grown fiercer.
