Crush

I still harbor
A silly schoolyard crush
Despite having held you what feels like a thousand times
And beheld you a thousand more

The way you look at me
Catches the breath in my throat
And jumbles my thoughts until your words spill out of the side of my head
and I remember I’m supposed to be listening
My heart still quickens
At a glance shot my way
Reminding me that I was staring
While my constant chorus of butterflies give a giddy flutter

My heart betrays me, I’m sure
I don’t know how to be subtle
I write you into a hundred poems
and beg you to understand how you matter to me
To see the way you make my knees weak and my thoughts scatter
But the idea of you knowing, fully knowing, makes my silly schoolyard crush
Hide behind its hands
And try to calm a racing heartbeat
As the blushing subsides

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Yes, those crushes. Make us quiet and wishing, we could speak. I adored the poetry. All of us had known this emotion. Thank you hazy for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Soren]

I think we all have had our schoolyard crushes. Sometimes when we were young and enamored by the power of benevolent authority, and sometimes when older and the age between us was not so much. At any rate they both led to blushes upon discovery.

[hazy]

That’s for sure! Thank you for the review!

[Zoe Richardson]

This is, quite possibly the most romantic words I've read in some time. Isn't this what we all strive for? To be able to look at the one we love, after years or decades together, and still say, "Be Still My Heart." It is so very rare and will never be for me.

[hazy]

Thank you so much! And I’m sure that someday you will find “the one.”

[Zoe Richardson]

Nope. Not even remotely interested in finding thm. If I did, I wouldn't trust them and love cannot exist without trust. I'm okay with that, though. I may not have love, but I have freedom. I am finding freedom infintely better!

[Chris Shaw]

You took me back a long, long way with this romantic offering. I was pleased to go there too. I enjoyed the read. Thank you.

Chris

[hazy]

Thank you!

[Dave Brown]

I see you call yourself a lovesick teenager and that is for sure the age when the boy girl thing usually begins
It is good to see you also take an interest in poetry because at that age all I could think about was fast cars and female companions
Keep up your writing, it will help keep your brain alive

[hazy]

Thank you! I’ve only recently discovered poetry, but I’ve been enjoying messing around with some of it.

[NelliKong]

Enjoyed reading this. This piece is describes something we all have experienced before.

[hazy]

Thank you!