𝒯𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐈 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋

𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫

you're in love with someone who loves you back, but is keeping a lot of secrets from you . . . will you ever find out the truth?

❝ dear childhood lover,

we grew up raised by our mothers

side by side

stealing all the butter

from the pantry room

lying on the grass

to see the moon

dear childhood lover,

we were partners in crime

shared everything

even when we dined

would never be seen

far from each other

somehow we were always together

dear childhood lover,

remember all those times

you said that I was the one

the one you'd always find

all those nights

that we stayed up and talked

all those days that were filled with delight

dear childhood lover,

you made me fall for you

harder than I ever had before

I was positively smitten

and I was sure you were too

you never did say it though

you never said you loved me back

dear childhood lover,

then one day you disappeared

from my memories, from my mind

no one mentioned you to me

ever again

and soon I turned fifteen

with you never even seen

dear childhood lover,

suddenly you were back

on my birthday you came

wearing a silly yellow hat

didn't recognize you of course

but I knew

you were special

dear childhood lover,

you gave life to my world again

how foolish I was

to hate you at first

there was something different about you

something that I was

strangely attracted to

dear childhood lover,

you played the music to my heart