You looked like the boy
everybody wanted close
warm enough to feel familiar
too wanted to truly hold
Like a star from far away
beautiful enough to watch for hours
too precious to ever touch
too bright to ever be ours
It was easy to romanticize you
small moments became galaxies in my head
While you looked happy with everybody else
I felt smaller instead
And maybe I fell for a version
that only lived in my mind
maybe I loved the idea
because that version of me felt alive
While lighting up the lights
how do you turn them off at the same time?
Red lights, red lights
like lighthouses in the night
Now there’s no mystery, no magic left
you spilled it all into the light
If this is who you really are
then the dream was mine
I can’t tell if I miss you
or the meaning I gave you
Maybe I built a whole world
from eye contact and silence too
Two black holes in a galaxy
mistaking destruction for gravity
pulling light out of each other
without even realizing the tragedy
Then I saw you out in the open
and the wonder slowly died
No curiosity, no mystery
just a truth I couldn’t hide
What are you running from?
Why do you waste yourself like that?
You looked untouchable before
now I can only see the cracks
You showed me what I shouldn’t become
a reflection I denied
You made me question everything
and my respect slowly died
don’t hate you
just can’t romanticize you anymore.
May 15
May 15, 2026 at 9:55 AM UTC
You looked like the boy
everybody wanted close
warm enough to feel familiar
too wanted to truly hold
Like a star from far away
beautiful enough to watch for hours
too precious to ever touch
too bright to ever be ours
It was easy to romanticize you
small moments became galaxies in my head
While you looked happy with everybody else
I felt smaller instead
And maybe I fell for a version
that only lived in my mind
maybe I loved the idea
because that version of me felt alive
While lighting up the lights
how do you turn them off at the same time?
Red lights, red lights
like lighthouses in the night
Now there’s no mystery, no magic left
you spilled it all into the light
If this is who you really are
then the dream was mine
I can’t tell if I miss you
or the meaning I gave you
Maybe I built a whole world
from eye contact and silence too
Two black holes in a galaxy
mistaking destruction for gravity
pulling light out of each other
without even realizing the tragedy
Then I saw you out in the open
and the wonder slowly died
No curiosity, no mystery
just a truth I couldn’t hide
What are you running from?
Why do you waste yourself like that?
You looked untouchable before
now I can only see the cracks
You showed me what I shouldn’t become
a reflection I denied
You made me question everything
and my respect slowly died
don’t hate you
just can’t romanticize you anymore.