Math class

"Why is your foot there"

"I have long legs"

Every exchange

Every feisty back-and-forth it's just

Me

Connecting the only way I know how

Simultaneously protecting myself

And bringing you in

I can feel you

P u l l i n g yourself away from me like it's hard

And there's the problem

You want to poke me touch me stand close to me whatever

W h a t e v e r

But you know you can't

What about the one you say you want?

And I'm over here maybe enjoying it because it's nice to be liked

But knowing I should stop playing with

Your feelings that you

Would never admit were there

We are both hiding

For all the wrong reasons

Other people entered the picture so

This is not us anymore