When I’m around you
It isn’t like butterflies
But a whole flock of birds
Rustling in my stomach
And there’s no great way
To tell you this anymore
No tactful options left
Only fluttering hope
You’ll realize I love you
Before it’s too late
Help me please because now
The birds are beating their wings
Against my flesh, trying to get free
And burst out of me
Sick of the shadows that
These feelings bring and I
Have to swallow so you
Don’t see how much it would mean
If you’d just smile
And take my hand
Like the world could revolve
Around something other
Than your ******* book
Or that stupid show
Pay attention for five seconds
And you just might notice
The love in my eyes
That I’m getting sick of
Wasting on you again and again
And that awful habit
Of flirtation without thought
For how it affects anyone else
So  I try to seem like
I don’t really care at all
When my feelings are being torn apart
But, you know what, I’m done
Clawing at my stomach
To let the birds free
So you might notice them