• I first met her in seventh grade.
    The moment our eyes met
    I fell in love.
    Almost two years later,
    I sat under the open sky hidden deep in the forest.
    I spent hours staring at the stars.
    The scene captured me.
    I was calmer and more in love
    Than I'd ever been.
    As I stared silently up at the heavens,
    I thought of her.
    How beautiful her features were.
    The smoothness of her skin,
    Her brilliantly colored eyes,
    Her long, flowing blond hair.
    I thought of the way she got
    When she was embarrassed.
    The way she said 'aw' when
    I told her I loved her.
    She seemed so perfect and beautiful to me.
    Yet I knew we could never be together,
    For she didn't love me the way I loved her.
    I realized that in the future
    I would be forced from her.
    That's when I realized I was
    In love with her and how much I cared for her.
    I realized how my life would fail
    If she left me forever whether by separation
    Or death.
    I never expected she herself would be the force
    To kill me from within
    The depths of my heart.