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that twinkle

Today I caught myself

 

Thinking about you again

 

And I tried to tell myself I didn't actually like you

 

It was a long, bitter argument

Of pros and cons

And it ended with:

The only reason I like you

Is because of that

Twinkle in your eye

 

But then I started to wonder

If that twinkle in your eye

really exists

Do I like you because

you have that twinkle in your eye?

Or do you have that twinkle in your eye

because I like you?

 

The more I pondered this

The more puzzled I became

 

So I went through all the pros again

The things I noticed before the twinkle

 

That ornery half smile

The way I always catch you singing along with the radio

when you think nobody's listening

The pitiful face you have when you're stressed

The butterflies in my stomach when I see you walking my way

Those goofy socks

Your adorable struggles with the coffee machine

Your smiling blue eyes

How I felt an instant connection with you

 

How could the cons even compare?

 

But the single item opposed

overpowers this seesaw

 

the girlfriend.

 

and every time I accept this realization

you shoot me with that twinkle again

wash.rinse.repeat.

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Jun 3, 2013
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not much of a poem, just my thoughts on my ride home from work

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