I wish you knew
How my love is desperate
How scared I am
I wish you knew
That I really need someone
To hold my hand
To rely on
To hold me
I wish you knew how much I need you
But I know you probably don't need me
So I'll shrink down in my corner
Drowning in my own sorrows
Just so I don't pain you or myself
I wish you knew
How many times I'd been there for other people
People who never returned the favor
People who never noticed
But I remember when you noticed
It was only a slight physical change but you noticed
No one else saw a thing
No one commented at all
But you
You who I had only just become friends with
Just a few days ago
Noticed
YOU ARE READING
Wish apon a desperate breath
PoetryA short little poem I wrote because I'm fourteen and have a crush. And fourteen year olds never know the limitless entanglements of relationships. Except when you're a gay fourteen year old...in which the possibility of love is slim and always seems...
