(Written in 8th Grade)
Like No One Else
My eyes squint
As I look up at the sun
I'm glad to be me
Where I'm the only one
No one has a smile like mine
Teeth peeking from under rich lips
No one has a color like mine
Like honey streaming over my hips
No one has a laugh like mine
Like high pealing bells
I'm happy being one of a kind
From as far as I can tell
Why, then, is it so difficult?
To find the one you love
I'm me, looking for him
You know who I'm thinking of
The one who holds me
And never wants to let go
The one who smiles and laughs
When he says I told you so
The one who I can talk to forever
No matter how I feel
I'm fishing through the sea for him
I hope he comes across my reel
I sigh deeply
Another boring fishing trip
I bend forward clutching at my chest
My heart is starting to rip
I know he's out there
I see him in my dream
Where he is the shore
And I am the stream
I struggle to curve
I can't, I scream
We are parallel
We can never meet
All I know is that I'll keep searching
For that someone, who is like no one else
Someone who will smile and laugh with me
His laughter and my high pealing bells
