I REALLY LIKE YOU

Even in her most
confident approach
he makes her
unsure of herself,

She may never know
what could have,
should have,
and would have
been the outcome of...

‘Dude, I REALLY like you.'

She’s terrified to say
what her actions retract
or illustrate ideologies
his words may attack;

She's left mute
at each encounter,
as she screams on the inside...

‘Let me win.’

She’s trapped
between giving up
and moving on
to nothing else;

Progress pauses with him.