To My 5th Grade Crush

I only had eyes for you

The way your cheeks turned raw 

At the slightest inconvenience

And your eyes gently watered 

At every scolding

I fell in love with your sensitivity

With your keenness on reading 

And your unbelievable gentleness

when you recognized the book 

I was reading

From then on

It became my favorite book

I tried so hard to impress you

Wore my pinkest skirt 

And my shiniest lip gloss

If I was invisible

I would’ve spent all my time looking at you

So gentle

Yet so 

Ruthless

When you told me I could never be

An angel 

Because angels have

Argent skin and hair like the sun

I would have done anything to be

Your angel 

But I was a shade too dark

Eyes too Arab

You made me

Hate my brown with all I had 

Until I realized 

It was all I had