Unrequited Dreams

He was older, she was younger. Sophomore boy with a winning number. Played soccer like

the world was a stage. He ran the track trying to escape the same

page. Always buzzing, girls hanging on his smile. She's just a

shadow fading all the while. But in her chest, there's a fire

that won't quit. Hoping he remembers, hoping he'll commit. He was everything she couldn't be,

popular, untouchable, so easily. She's just a nobody

with a history. Wishing he'd feel what she feels secretly. He was older,

she was younger. Running past him, heart still a hunger. He doesn't remember