A Soulful Love Poem to My Crush
Something is hidden beneath the surface.
Boughs of sword-like flowers
Cut into our view
Of what may or may not be true.
Some say the paranormal lives
Within these huddling oak trees.
They shade the land
Like a gateway to a dark manor.
My mind is a shaded hallway in a stranger’s house,
Full of traps and mysteries.
But if you succeed in getting through the maze,
I’ll reward you with sweets and other surprises.
Under the wire mesh
Of the dark woods,
Where last year’s jack-o’-lanterns are tossed away,
I feel my foolishness
As well as your lack of awareness.
Both of us are hiding inside the forest.
Ghosts will swim through the branches,
And chase after our shadows.
Spirits carry my memories of you,
And my sentiments are finely filtered,
Like the silky cobwebs
That perch in your doorway.
Maybe we’re both dressed up
As other people.
Even when we play together,
There is pretense, some clever show,
But neither of us are willing
To take off our masks
Or relinquish our cloaks.
Nevertheless, we might have some sympathy for each other:
We understand the need to hide,
While still enjoying any time we have together.
Pretending to be someone else
Is oddly fun, too.
Just as I still keep secrets from you,
You still withhold thoughts from me.
In this chilly October season,
The hidden worlds are respected,
And we can walk in the darkness,
In peace and celebration.
One day,
We may head down the same path,
Towards our inner haunted house.
Your golden retriever will greet us there,
And she will guide us
Into the silver moonlight of our friendship.
I wrote this poem for the What Is Love For You "Love Halloween" contest, and won second place!
If you enjoyed this poem, you might also like this earlier poem I wrote about my crush: "My Secret Love for a Boy with a Golden Retriever."
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Originally published in What Is Love to You? on Oct 27, 2022
