My Crush: When You Were Here Poem by Reina Puja

The first time I saw you, I held my heart,
Knowing I'd fall for you if I kept watching, so I guarded my gaze.
I locked myself in a corner, but you came to me—
And with just your voice, I fell.

Helplessly, I drowned in this unrequited crush,
Falling asleep with thoughts of you, waking up the same.
You held control of my emotions.
Just a glance from you would fill me with joy,
But the days I didn't see you plunged me into despair.

My only wish was to talk to you—
Yet courage never came.
And then, the day arrived when I had to leave.

Now I've returned, and you are gone.
Out of sight, out of mind,
As though you never existed.
No one speaks of you; no one remembers.
My only wish now is to see you once more,
But it seems it's never meant to be.
Even I have started to believe
You were never real.