what is a crush?
it is searching for your initial on those
"interact to claim" posts
it is thinking of your name
every time someone mentions a crush
it is looking at you
just to look
i cant help it that you're pretty
it is making you laugh and then
saying more things to make you laugh more
amid the ache in my stomach knowing
you dont feel the same way
it is promising myself
that i wouldnt write poetry about you
but here i am
with a poem
it is the ocean going out
so slowly that you dont realize
until you are standing
and a wave looms large
and you cannot help
but be swallowed
by the sea