Teenage Love

yikes

Tell me this, am I insane?

There must be something chemically wrong with my brain.

I've got the shakes like a cold little kitten.

I've got the butterflies like I've been smitten.

I'm feeling the creepy crawlies like after a scary story that you tell in the dark.

I've got the shivers like a midnight walk in the park.

I've got emptiness like a child's bowl after an ice cream treat.

I've got bruises like I've fallen right at your feet.

Head over heels?

More like head over bottomless pits.

I told you I was afraid of heights.

Am I crazy?

You take my breathe away.

Like a swift, steep uphill hike on a mid August day.

When the leaves still haven't changed and your heart is being smothered by flawless sun rays.

You are intoxicating.

Like, a whole can of axe after a shower with Irish spring.

But you know maybe this crush is just another teenage fling.

You make me feel like I'm falling apart at the seams.

...

Prick by prick, thread by thread.

I hope your misled truths don't go to my head.

Because I'm an insecure girl and I never like to believe what I've been told.

Even though you're exactly what I've been looking for,

someone who is brave, and daring, and bold.

I'm not asking for a king or a prince or a duke or a knight

Just someone who is willing to put up a fight

to make me believe there is some truth in their words

and persuade me that they're not completely absurd.

Author's Note

I remember I was 16 when I wrote this and I read it in my English class (anonymously) on our shared reading day and we were talking about the author and someone raised their hands and said "I think the author's heart is broken" and I cried.

Reviews

[Kate W]

Oh the feelings we experience when love hits hard for the first time. I'm sure many people can relate to what you experienced, but to wrote like this so young and be braver enough to share it with your class ... I take my hat off to you.
This is wonderful.

[Kiwi.jh]

This is really good work. It's so relatable the way this is written it just makes me feel so at ease, but excited at the same time. You have literally written out my feelings when I like someone. Wonderful read.