Alexander

I met you one morning

one August morning

in our shared French class

The moment I saw you

I felt everything change

I wanted to know you

I needed to know you

I messaged you one evening

Years after we met

The anticipation built

You didn't answer right away

When you did, my heart burst

The adrenaline raced through my fingertips

You were extremely nice

Almost as if we weren't strangers at all

We talked about our common interests

About our goals in life

You had a love for Vivaldi

I had a love for Araya

we were so different

yet we shared the same values

the more I learned, the deeper I fell

I loved your smooth, long hair

I loved your brown eyes

I loved your upturned nose

I loved all of these things since day one

I told my parents about you

I hope you don't mind

I hope that isn't weird

They're just happy, as am I

Until they saw your picture...

They think your hair's too long

They think your skin's too dark

They don't approve of us

Just as I thought

They tried to build a cage

Around my beating heart

But it cannot be contained

This feeling that's inside

I never believed them once

Don't you ever think that I did

When they tried feeding my mind

All of those lies and stereotypes

We didn't talk after that

You and I

You never knew my feelings for you

Never knew what I thought of you

You didn't have anything against me

Didn't think I was weird

The conversation just died

But you still sit beside me sometimes

Only because I sit by your friends

Sometimes our arms almost touch, inches away

The heat from your arm reaching towards mine