#puppylove
All these people are unrecognizable,
As the sound of their laughter fills the room.
Some interact with their friends,
Some are busy scribbling through their notes.
Unfamiliar place, unfamiliar faces, as I entered inside the classroom
The eyes of the students locked onto me.
I picked up a single chair from the back of the room,
Sat down in silence,
Looking around while I heard the drums inside me,
Beating uncontrollably.
In surprise, it stopped.
How? How did it just stop? I thought to myself.
Questions began to lingered in my mind, nonstop.
Abruptly, I turned my head behind.
And met someone's eyes-
A black-masked boy, sitting there with that black mask of his.
Oh boy, how is it that you can look at me
With that look of yours?
That's when I just sat there
Looking straight into his dark brown eyes.
Feeling my heart beat out like crazy.
Confused, he tilted his head,
As if he'd done nothing wrong to me.
A voice then interrupted from the front of the room,
Breaking this precious moment.
But in surprise, neither of us turned around to face the teacher,
Nor did we took our eyes off from each other.
And then I smiled-soft, hesitant.
As his mask curved faintly, hinting his smile
A faint curve beneath the black mask.
Our eyes lingered for a moment more,
Before finally drifting away,
Each carrying a quiet warmth we didn’t understand.
Jan 29
Jan 29, 2026 at 5:37 PM UTC
do i miss him
or the version of the story
we never got to
finish?
Dec 20, 2025
Dec 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM UTC
eros is a cruel *****
or i’m an idiot
i think it’s both
my heart hurts
and it’s absurd
i want to breathe the same air as you
by some water
while we grieve
the passing moments
i want to pitch a tent
while the wind blows
and threatens us
and crawl inside
until our bones are separated
only by our skin
and for one night
lend you me
and borrow you
the me you imagine
is a fiction
but the me you imagine
imagines you
and that imaginary me
loves you
and now haunts you
as you haunt me
two ghosts
alive
or dead
only to each other
-cole randall, 10 nov 2025
Nov 15, 2025
Nov 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM UTC
Unique...
Sport a tattoo or marry the cow
Awed wishes of a passion, weak
And sitting pretty, in the round of a house
See my stare...
Windows with impeccable taste
Give kisses in a share
Of a wayward breeze, that even hosts haste
Done?
And the door of sincerity, to weigh the possibility
Cause, quarter and a hiccough; just for fun
Do we learn the better of each other, oft survivability?
Sweeter by the course, of a wisdom in the first
Is sense so lovely a can, even imaginary sorts...
Wearing the abuse of the world, or a sunny remark even worst
The wagers in lead, we tell the tale of living's forces?
Room for more?
Sultry, lithe, or the spare eyes of chance to choose
You over the adding few, of what was a hand to question sore
The future of mercy in a miserable change, of seasons into you's
Jul 27, 2025
Jul 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM UTC
I’m tired of loving like a dog—
all wide-eyed loyalty, waiting,
tail wagging for a love that lingers
just out of reach.
Tired of chasing footsteps
that never turn back,
of curling at your feet
only to be kicked away.
I fetch your affection,
drop it at your feet,
but you throw it further
each time.
I was born with teeth,
with a growl in my throat,
yet I soften myself
to fit in your hands.
No more.
Let me love like the wind—
wild, unchained,
touching only those
who welcome the storm.
Mar 5, 2025
Mar 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM UTC
𝐈
𝐍ever
𝐅igured that
𝐀
𝐓eensy tiny
𝐔ndeveloped
𝐀ttraction would
𝐓urn
𝐈nto
𝐎vert
𝐍ausea
Jan 20, 2025
Jan 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM UTC
There are
irrepressible feelings
a certain
nostalgic hinderence
of pure magic
called
puppy love.
Dec 2, 2024
Dec 2, 2024 at 10:26 AM UTC
so call me tonight.
lets sing the songs of summer romances
and make plans we'll never follow through.
listen to me pluck the chords of this scratched up acoustic,
humming the lyrics that only i know apply to you
Aug 15, 2024
Aug 15, 2024 at 4:18 AM UTC
I don’t believe in the 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺
Of love, of teenage love.
But you do.
When I’m around you,
When I’m 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 to you,
All the doubts disappear.
But when it’s just me
I worry, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚
That I’ll 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 you,
I’ll 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 you,
Because you thought
That we were made of steel.
You don’t 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 that our chances are 𝘭𝘰𝘸
Of being high-school sweethearts
That make it to the other side.
You don’t 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 that when I think of our 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦,
We part ways and come back again.
You don’t 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 that I think steel melts
And then can be reforged.
I don’t 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 if I want you to.
I feel so 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘷𝘦 sometimes,
But I swear you’re even more 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘷𝘦
Than me.
I want to protect you.
But I don’t believe in the 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺
Of love, of teenage love.
I don’t believe in 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.
But I believe in 𝒖𝒔.
Jul 30, 2023
Jul 30, 2023 at 3:23 PM UTC
i’d write you poems
& i’d braid your hair
i’d feed you cherries
& i’d kiss you where—
your insecurities lie
the ones i quietly despise.
as i find the most beauty
in you.
my lily.
the apple of my eye.
Oct 24, 2022
Oct 24, 2022 at 1:33 AM UTC
It was like the world’s
first thunderstorm
the rumbling began when
our hands touched
thunder,
like the **** he is,
pushed me to
reach in for a kiss,
and because of lightning’s
true nature,
he surprised me
because you kissed back
from that day on,
I’ve always been hoping
the rainbows never end
Apr 2, 2021
Apr 2, 2021 at 1:03 AM UTC
Festival time - A favorite time of year
When Mothers and Fathers sing the their children as gifts
Dance in the love of Old Grandpa Wally
Even when he can't find his socks, or sits on the dog
Aunt Dorcas bought the tickets to the Fantasy Festival
So all the good little Girls and Boyos can play!
Open your arms
To the Fountain of Clowns
Open your family
To the Fountain of Clowns
Open your Daddy
To the Fountain of Clowns
Open your Mommy
To the Fountain of Clowns
Will you go with me to ride the Spring Mares?
Or see the sights at the Showy-Magic Tent?
Maybe learn what the Pizzazz Wizard sees for our Tomorrows?
Maybe a kiss at the Promisatorium
All of your Sister's dreams can die and be born again
If your tired, rest your head on Brother's lap and take a drink
Open your eyes
To the Fountain of Clowns
Open your heart
To the Fountain of Clowns
Open your insides
To the Fountain of Clowns
Open your mouth
To the Fountain of Clowns
Laughing and Crying are the flavors of love
The scars on your heart will open its flowers
Look deep in the eyes of the children who surround you
Ask them for love with your arms and your tears
The sun in the sky was meant for your Heart
Maybe the Queen of Summer will never end
Open your past
To the Fountain of Clowns
Open your future
To the Fountain of Clowns
Open your body
To the Fountain of Clowns
Open your heart
To the Fountain of Clowns
Jan 31, 2021
Jan 31, 2021 at 1:45 PM UTC
Remember when we used to stay up until 6 am
The sun would be rising
Laughing incessantly at something you said
While the world was in a deep sleep
I was awake and dreaming
Staying up all night, not thinking it through
Body and soul on the verge of collapse
However, I only wanted you
To say something that would make butterflies inside
Fly crazy in my heart and mind
Now we wake to the sounds
Of alarm clocks and honking horns
But just a short time ago, we were saying goodnight
At 6 in the morning
When the oxytocin high had me soaring
Jan 27, 2021
Jan 27, 2021 at 12:40 PM UTC
First date at a random playground
You sat in the swing next to mine
Chased me around
Never running out of time
Your lips, made me nervous
Messed up, the first kiss
I looked down, embarrassed
Teenage, innocence
Laid beneath the trees
Felt you pressed up against me
Watched the leaves sway slowly
Helplessly attached instantly
I want that puppy love back
Those jump in, don’t question moments of clarity
Bringing out the naive side of me
Craving the love song mentality
Warm summer sun filled our lungs
Walking hand in hand to puppy love
Mixed with the rebellion of reality,
That’s never visible to young kids like you and me.
Never again will we love so blindly and so full
Never again will we decide before we think
Never again will we fall before we meet
Never again will months feel like one blink
But you’re never supposed to even consider
These things when you’re
Running around a playground
Convinced that it’s more
Than puppy love.
Jan 27, 2021
Jan 27, 2021 at 12:34 PM UTC
My concept of time is completely warped, and for that, I pay no attention to it. Remember when you were younger and a year felt a lot longer than it does now? When you are young, and life is long, there is time to **** but as we age time escapes us. However, we are just doing laps around the sun.
Dec 11, 2020
Dec 11, 2020 at 1:48 PM UTC
I don't know what you've done to my heart
It burns, it throbs, with every word you speak
I never knew I could feel this from the start
Yet here you are taking me to my highest peak
My heart yells out yet you never really noticed
My mouth kept shut as it bled with longing
I didn't want to admit it, but the truth really is;
all this time I've really been falling
Now we have little time left to spend together
My hands do the work and express my own heart
My chest still bleeds but this is for the better
This is my fourth goodbye, C, right before we depart
Oct 17, 2020
Oct 17, 2020 at 2:44 AM UTC
We would walk down the halls
Attending to our classroom calls
Students rushing left and right
Brightened by rays of morning light
In the midst was the both of us
You were late while I was just lost
I gave a nod but you gave a smile
This then went on for quite a while
Three years passed, and we still do
I sometimes stand there to wait for you
To wait for the smile that I see daily
Even doing as much as waking up early
A year from now, we won't be able to
Do the things that we used to do
You'll be elsewhere but I'll still be here
No longer waiting for someone I hold dear
Sep 26, 2020
Sep 26, 2020 at 7:56 AM UTC
She was a lady of valor and of might,
But she was also weak, scared and couldn’t fight;
Her love was as passionate as lovers could be,
But her tears were as painful as thorns should be.
You informed her not that you’re leaving,
Soon, you’ll see her bitterly crying;
Until she has foreseen the doom,
You couldn’t respond ‘cause her face was of gloom.
It fell down; her tears of love was real,
She almost cry her heart out with pain the that she feels;
Your knightly arms will calm her,
On her face will be a carved laughter.
But it cannot be done any more.
You’re too far and you leaved her with a sore.
She was bewildered, wandering from the ocean floor.
In her beautiful visage her tears pour.
The enormous waves on the ocean’s surface,
Her rushing tears from her gloomy face;
On the fine seashore sands,
There she walks and behind the yacht she stands.
Your memoirs are her reminisces of the past,
On the sunset, there her eyes was caste.
Dawn came of no assurance,
She awakes but she responded with no compliance.
She yearns for your presence.
She weeps for your absence.
She longs for reconciliation.
She was beaten out of compassion.
Sep 17, 2017
Sep 17, 2017 at 2:35 AM UTC
Looking up at me, so cute they seem,
Innocent, kind, pure and full of love.
Oh what fun I'm going to have with you little one,
yes roll on your back just like that, let me rub your belly and enjoy your softness underneath my palm,
Your eyes so sweet, and absolutely joy-struck when I give you treats,
let me pat you more.. More, more, more!
Just keep looking at me little puppy,
I can see the love you have for me.
Jun 7, 2020
Jun 7, 2020 at 7:53 AM UTC
Too young to be in love
But my heart beats faster when I see you
I will wait for our love to be accepted
No matter how long it takes
May 24, 2020
May 24, 2020 at 2:09 AM UTC
I’m not as sweet as the candy you once loved
I’m not as lovely as that flower on the gardener’s glove
I’m not as interesting as the changing color of autumn leaves
And I might not be the person I may seem
I’m not too good with words
I can’t speak what my mind tells me to
I’m not that beautiful
So you might replace me too
I can’t do well in school
But I try my best to
I might not be the one for you
But I just want to tell you
I really like you
Apr 11, 2020
Apr 11, 2020 at 3:11 AM UTC
I grew up
Taking my best friends to
School dances
Arms linked, cheeks hurt from
Laughing because
Her frame, heightened by the tall heels
Pulled me all over her, stumbling
A peck on the cheek,
show off for the
Ticket sellers,
Discounted couple's tickets, girls piling in one after another
Sometimes with a real date on their arm
Everyone did it, we never thought there was something wrong
Wishful thinking, on my part, that she ever did it for more than the price.
Nov 4, 2019
Nov 4, 2019 at 9:22 AM UTC
Out the box, precious little thing as we knew!
Very moment we laid our eyes, our hearts swayed away.
Still remember the moment I washed you,
In a little sink, as you quivered hard to stay.
Three years of our life ain't much to adieu!
But a big piece in yours, as you spent like a holiday.
Never played fetch and it's not your cue,
For you once been a normal canine? no per se!
Welcome you with our hearts to a year- brand new,
You're the best son ever and that's all I can say!
Sep 25, 2019
Sep 25, 2019 at 10:33 AM UTC
when i was a little girl,
the word “crush” filled me
with horror and excitement
in equal measure;
back then, it signified
the tightening of the bodice
of that monster who calls herself love
and slowly compressed my chest
blocking my airflow and shaping me
into the girl that would
eventually
be wanted
Aug 13, 2019
Aug 13, 2019 at 11:37 PM UTC