Clean Up, Aisle 1 Poem by Dakota Ellerton

In a crowded room,
I'd see only you.
My eyes would melt to the sight of you.
My flesh tingling with a burning sensation,
I am in love.
My veins are throbbing,
my hands are shaking.
All the butterflies, collapsed.
Who is that beside you?
I've never seen her before.
She's very beautiful,
much more so then I.
I can feel my stomach touching my spine,
I can't breathe, I can't breathe.
Please...get me out of here..
What do I do?
I see you glance over at me.
Our eyes meet for a moment then drift apart.
I so desprestly wanted to confront you,
tell you off.
But I wouldn't.
I could never.
Still....the pleasure I'd of found from that?
Would be oh, so sweet.
I'd of smiled a devilish smile and laughed,
not wept.
Walked away chuckling,
with a head held high, as if it didn't bother me.
What a lie that'd be.
A lie indeed.
I could hardly carry my heart another step,
without spilling it all over the floor,
dying it a most beautiful ruby red.
I could hardly keep the tears restrained,
behind my hollow empty eyes.
It's only fair though, right?
After the thing's I'd done only a day earlier.
Influenced, I just,
wanted to see you.
No matter the cost,
I still dared to whisper I love you, and cling to you.
If such a thing were cruel,
why would you bother to stay?
Why did you come back for me?
When it comes to you,
I'm so very selfish.Cle