I thought that I loved you,
Thought I had everything down,
I made the confession,
You were my obsession,
My heart leapt so high off the ground,
But in reality,
I didn’t know you,
I didn’t love you,
Didn’t have anything down,
I made the confession,
I was over my obsession,
And that’s when my heart hit the ground,
Reality,
Oh reality,
You can’t run away,
And you can’t escape,
It’s stronger and stronger than you,
I do want to know you,
Maybe to love you,
Give you my heart someday,
I’ll make the confession,
You’ll be my obsession,
Things will finally go a good way,
But in reality,
You don’t want to know me,
Never to love me,
You’ll break my heart again someday,
You’ll reject my confession,
I’m not your obsession you’ll say,
Nothing will ever go my way,
Reality,
Oh reality,
You can’t fight back,
Can’t give it a smack,
It’s invisible like I am too,
To you.
--Rory C., 6th-8th Grade