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High School Emotions
When desire suppresses reason
High school heartbreak
was my most distressing loss.
Its wounds ran deep
in my adolescent spirit —
the scars never disappeared.
I walked out of class,
the day she shunned me —
the pain was too much to bear;
self-pity was my closest ally,
her new boyfriend, my adversary.
Eyes of the moon.
Hair as dark as a raven in the night.
I kept questioning myself:
Why does losing a love feel so bad?
Rejection hurts more than the truth.
The alluring siren sang her song.
If only I could see her again;
maybe if I wait long enough,
she’ll knock on my door —
perhaps she’ll send me a letter,
scented with her perfume.
I realize now she was an illusion,
a figment of a boy’s imagination,
but desire suppresses reason,
when high school emotions
have no soft place to land.
© 2022 Mark Tulin
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