Unrequited Love

He turned around to look at me when the teacher called my name

And caught me making puppy eyes at him

He looked embarrassed and his friend snickered something lame

I wanted to die there and then,  but then I’d miss Tim.

We’d been in school together for 14 straight years

And now ended up in the same college too

I’d been making a fool of myself and battling my fears

Every time I thought I’d speak to him, I’d miraculously find myself in the loo!

I’d seen him go out with different girls over time

And convinced myself that I’d be the last in that list

I’d done all his projects and even a biology paper on Thyme

But he swore at me for losing a point for a  line I’d missed.

I had been waiting forever for the day he’d change his mind

And talk to me for anything other than work

I told myself I was being stupid and blind

But like a loser, in the corridors I found myself lurk.

What I would give to get over this stupid obsession

I was rational in all other facets of life

That freak was using me like doing his work was my mission

The very next moment I’d find myself wondering if I’d make a good wife.

It was a Thursday morning when the miracle happened

I saw him walk up to me with a smile lighting up his green eyes

He looked at me in a way he’d never before, leaving me stunned

I felt like a five year old about to get her favourite fries!

He took my hand as I stood there numb

And his lips moved close to my left ear

My cheeks had turned into a crazy shade of plum

As I bated my breath in excitement and fear.

He told me he shouldn’t have gotten angry over the thyme paper

That I’d stood with him when he’d needed me the most

I stood very still though my heart wanted to caper

He was the peanut butter to my jelly toast!

Then he told me how I’d be working on his next assignment

Because he had to get out of town for his girlfriend’s birthday

Something snapped, it felt as if my heart would need a stent

I stepped back out of his personal space in a very definitive way.

The look on my face must have made it super clear

I told him to get the hell away from me

I was angry beyond compare but in my heart there was a feeling of cheer

That awful spell had finally snapped and I was free!

I took a deep breath as if it were my first

And walked with a swing in my gait

My focus had changed, it was life for which I had lust!