A Poem by tyler eisner

11 years of age, theatrical young “love”
Broken by the mother
Reconnected at 15. Introductions to a friend: A
Grow closer to each other, better friends
Admiration from afar
Parallel personalities, everything, except age: -2
Reliability leads to nicknames: brother, sister
Instinct leads to flirting, nicknames dropped
New ones picked: babe, boo
Distance the only thing keeping us apart

Old memories of a past boyfriend flood back to her
Nicknames dropped: names used
Back to platonicism
Nostalgia subsides: nicknames reassigned
Dreamer returns: nicknames dropped