Siyona.S.stay

I shouldn't like it but I do,

a drip of poison or 2.

You love me,

and I love you.

4 years is too long to wait,

I need you now,

let me get a taste.

There's a person in my class. He's mean to me, yet he is bullied by others. You're not good enough and no one likes you echoes through my head, his voice pounding in my ears. Agreeing with my bad thoughts.

I used to joke

you all were

friend-stealers

stealing him from me

I was

mostly kidding

guess what?

You didn't.

You couldn't.

Nothing could.

I

walk

in a 

line

between the guys

the preppies

the in-betweens

when brought into anything

I will

high five smile

playful banter

whatever

If a flower blooms in the wrong season, it’s not a mistake—it’s proof that growth has its own timing. Be kind to your own timing. 
 

I watch her sob in the night

Her fingers clutching a photo of her love,

Pressing it to her chest,

As if paper could soften the ache.

She whispers their name in the dark,