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Unrequited Crush

Heart stopping and heart pounding affection.
Every time you turned my way, I had to stop
From fainting. As we got older, the connection
We once had faded because you would chop
My heart into pieces and pretended like you
Never knew who I was to you. You smiled at
Every pretty girl, but I never had the luxury to
Be on the receiving end of it. I was a doormat
And an outsider, but I am over it now because
A guy like you does not deserve my infatuation
Or to be my unrequited crush. It made me pause
Wondering why you would be my temptation
Because you are nothing more than a daydream
In a fantasy. Someone else gives me that gleam.

Written by eswaller

Published 14th Feb 2018

#aging #FallingInLove #LifeCycle #memories #UnrequitedLove

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Re. Unrequited Crush

arcadian

15th Feb 2018 5:33pm

I love this poem. I really like how some sentences continue beyond the like, instead of one sentence per line. I also like how the beginning of each line begins with a capital letter regardless of whether or not it's the beginning of a sentence. It gives the poem an almost nervous and stutter-y energy which helps express the nervousness of the character, I feel. Lovely!