ABOUT: Another poem about a boy I once knew. We'd been friends a long time, and for a while there, things got really confusing and awkward and bad. This poem was written then. Click here to read more poems.

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Seven
And seven years ago, when
We scarcely knew each other,
Things were so much simpler
Than they are now. And I just
Wish there was an answer, or
A way to make you see that
I've been here all along and

You just never noticed. I
Smiled to hear your compliments -
The true feelings finally
Expressed, and if I could just
Tell you what's inside, I think
Maybe you could see me for
What I really am. But you

Say you see, and that's why you
Love me - though not the way I
Want you to. Not for reasons
I'd like you to. And so I
Watch you and her, and pretend
It's all ok. And I'll hide
It away for seven more.