i traced your face with my fingertips
whishing 'till sunrise that you'd feel me
if only to wonder whose rough hands
was touching your skin

i can't count how many times
i have strategically scribbled
your name on paper
as if by doing so, i'd pull
you one step closer each time

hundreds?
thousands?
only the callous on the side
of my finger can tell

it's a mystery to me
how easily moved i was
i swore my heart turned to stone
last time i checked

hah! my heart, so predictable.
it never listens to me
i say one thing and it does the other
i just wanted to rip it off ,i tell you

but i didn't.

because i held you there
and it just felt so right
it's like, oh, i don't know.
i was never good at justifying
feelings with words, i just
babble like a kid chewing on gum,
and you'd think i'm weird.

but this, i can say...

the only way to know what i'm feeling
is for you to feel it too,

whether it's for me,
or not.


(unrequited love)

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