everything came caving in yesterday
and i nearly was crushed from the effort
to push the weight of a few words off of me.
my dear, i wished you good luck
on something important to you
and your friend turned to me and
said words i least wanted to hear.

"you like him, don't you?"

all at once i started unraveling,
like a ball of yarn
and i was starting to get tangled
from trying to collect myself of the floor
from the initial shock.
i didn't want to talk about this...
these feelings for you.
they're supposed to be secret
only for the ears of my heart to year
when you pass by or smile at me.
your friend turned to me again
and said more words that made me double over
"he knows."

|m.s.