I can spot you from a mile away,
Though I’ve never seen you before,
With your swagger and too-confident air
You’re cool, detached, non-committal, and wholly
Unattainable
I am immediately drawn to you
I glance your way – we make eye contact and
I flash my smile, turning on charm I know I have
You appear unimpressed and torture me
With small talk
Long enough to lure me in
I already want you; you need only take me now
Nonchalantly
We leave; you have your way with my too-willing body
While I bask in your pretentiousness
You want us to just be friends
I’m left wet, speechless, and wanting you even more
You know exactly what you’re doing
What’s worse is that I know
But I’m falling for you anyway
We carry on our escapades
Riddling them with enough small talk so that
I convince myself I’m not wasting my time
You get all the trappings of a relationship
With none of the responsibilities
I’ve never met anyone like you before
And I’m completely in love with you
You’re flattered, and now,
You’re leaving
Keeping up our “just friends” facade, I pretend
I didn’t let you get to me, that I knew
It wasn’t real
You say we’ll still be friends, always
I put up a good front until you’re not here anymore
Then I fall to pieces
Slowly, unsure of what the picture is supposed to be
I start to put the pieces back together, and
Just when I can start to see what it looks like,
I spot you from a mile away,
Though I’ve never seen you before,
With your swagger and too-confident air
You’re cool, detached, non-committal, and wholly
Unattainable
I am immediately drawn to you.

© Crystal S. McDonald.