tell me if
it is even
possible
to like a
f r i e n d.
what is a friend?
she is a
f r i e n d,
i am her
f r i e n d,
we are
f r i e n d s.
but butterflies
scatter 'round
my stomach
whenever she
smiles at me.
what is a crush?
why does it cause my heart to feel as if it's being crushed instead?
infatuation
is so weird,
i don't even
understand
the whole
point of
keeping
feelings
when you
can tell them
outright to make
things even simpler.
my juvenile heart
feels constricted
around the twine
of inquiries knit.

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Poesia❝ Blow out all the candles, you're too old to be so shy. ❞ © nate k. 2014