Unrequited

We can't be friends

If we were to try, I would struggle too much

I'd try to say “I like you” but I'd jumble my words up

Leaving an awkward gap that you wouldn't be aware of

 

How can we be lovers if we can't even be friends?

Let alone my feelings are probably one-sided

Why did past me hate you? It only made things worse for current me

When we first met, I tried my best to like you as a friend

But my brain had different ideas

 

Now that I look back, I recognise that was probably a crush

I just hadn't realised it was because I still thought I was straight

I got over you then, leading me to become friendly with you

So why can't I get over you this time?

 

If only we could make this work

But it won't because this love is not reciprocated

This love is one-sided, just like in the novels and movies

I never thought I'd live out a shitty romance trope, yet here I stand

Unrequited love spilling from my heart