me | poetry ✓

all the warm things

oh, how i was thrilled to see you that day.

your appearance have changed.

but, your eyes were still the bluest i have ever seen.

you were swimming in the river. at that river point everyone was supposed to go to that early afternoon for our friend's birthday.

i didn't recognize you at first and i was confused that another boy was in my friends' company, a boy i didn't know and wasn't told about.

as i was walking towards you guys, you were the first to swim out to the bank of the river, keeping eye contact with me.

i kept eye contact with you because i could not recognize you. then, you climbed out of the water and i looked into those blue eyes and in an instant, i thought of your name.

what were you doing here?

you came around me and looked at me, staring at my chocolate brown eyes and said, "bonjour, ça va?"

you smiled at me with the biggest smile i haven't seen in a long time.

just seeing that you were still talking to me after a few 4 pages of letter i had sneaked into your backpack one day on our last day of school, you still decided to be my friend.

i do wonder what you did to the letter.

throw it away?

burned it like i told you?

we'd never know.

what if you kept it?

i wouldn't believe it.

after all, we have the same friends and we'd still be going to the same school.

i gave a big smile back and replied, "bonjour! ça va très bien."

we couldn't keep our eye contacts off of each other and it had to take me a few seconds to look away from you and ask my friends where the birthday girl was and another friend of our's.

you kept standing at my side, deciding if you should join my other friend's boyfriend as he walked down the path to go to the bridge and jump.

and when you finally did, my stomach was upset and i had wished you stayed at least for a little while more.

but with only that contact, i was happy enough and you deciding to sit beside me while in our friends' company, it was relieving.

because i thought you'd have rather sat beside my other friends.

you stood with me for a few seconds and when i, finally, decided to sit, you sat as well.

i was the only one left to swim and i took off my shirt, going down to the bank of the river in my black one piece swimsuit that showed off my back.

the water was freezing, but no matter how cold it was, it didn't stop me from swimming and i dived in, doing twirls under the water as i swam.

after weeks of not seeing you, you were still the same boy i have liked.

you were adventure, intelligence and music.

and because of this summer, this month you are the beach.

tanned, energetic and warm.

i swam happily in the water and i saw you at the corner of my eyes looking at me, but you looked away when you saw that i noticed.

why would you do that if you don't like me?

or did my letter gave sudden impacts to you that now you know a lot more about me.

you're confusion and moccha coffee.

moccha coffee.

caffeine.

nicotine.

very

addictive.

-n.d.