XI. mixed emotions

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you give me such mixed emotions
i don't like you,
no not at all

yet you somehow make me feel flustered
self conscious over my actions

why can't i look straight at you?
why can't i seem to talk to you?

no I don't like you at all,
there's not even a smallest part of you that i'm curious about

but then why do i feel so conflicted?
the question lingers.

why do you seem to like me?
i just can't wrap my head around it.

please stop looking at me with those brown eyes
stop shooting small glances from time to time
don't look back at me when you walk through the halls of school

my heart doesn't pound the slightest,
yet the fact that i seem to have your interest
seems to have peaked mine as well

no i just can't wrap my head around it
not in the slightest.

{written october 2023}

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