Fight or Flight
Facebook is how I knew your name
You were a profile before you were a person
A series of “likes” in a sea of dog videos
Until one day you were more than just a head and shoulders
You were a person
A person with the name of a princess
A person with one damn cute smile
You smile
I smile
Like a smile that was contagious
An infection is what you gave me
My symptoms: Happiness, laughter, and some pretty great inside jokes
We had one of those nights that goes into a halmark film
What if it was too good to be true
A facebook notification
She sent you a message
“I had a great time”
I reply “Me too, exclamation point, smiley face emoji”
In my head: Well define great?
Like great we should do this again or
great I never want to see you or speak to you again
Great i'm ugly
Great you hate me
Great it’s 4 am and you’ve been thinking about this for 3 hours
I need sleep
Wake up
Go to class
I see you walk down the hall
You smile
I smile
Here we go again
A ferris wheel full of highs and lows
That I will never get off of