Crushin' Love

He is my first crush.

It's been so long, this silly attraction beginning in elementary school. We were friends. Then we weren't.

"Boys and girls can't be friends." "Kiss her!" "Ooo! You like her!" These chants drove us apart.

And now, we are graduating high school. Entering a world full of endless possibilities. Yet, I know he won't be one.

A girl like me; loud, opinionated, passionate, independent

A girl like me; loud, opinionated, passionate, independent Does not attract a boy.

It attracts a man.

He is my crush.

He is my crush. But not my love.