1st Place

i fell in love

for the ways in which we were the same 

i fell out of love for all the ways you differ from me 

still

how could i go on, loving you 

when on that same page 

i refused to love myself 

for it was a reflection of me 

i saw in you 

that showed me just how to love you

in the first place 

with an absence of myself in the pools of your eyes

you are no longer 

special