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[i loved you before i even knew you.]
in days' fleeting moments,
the sun dipped into the ocean, casting a surge of vast honey waves to engulf the city whole.
it leaked into the windows and into the empty school hallways.
moments before, the laughter of the baseball team
dissipated
and those who confessed to the whim of spring filtered emotions had left with tear stained cheeks.
it's empty enough that i can hear my own slip ons click against the floor,
click, click, click.
i stop, for a moment, by the rooftop door.
then, bracing for myself for the wind, i open it.
it whisks past me, as if urging me to fall.
i should've taken the warning then, but i didn't.
instead, i opened my eyes and saw the yellow hues of the sky.
then, i saw you.
❝ hey, do you regret it? ❞
your silhouette wavered beyond the metal railings of the rooftop
i didn't know why—what had possibly gone through my mind when i spoke. it wasn't my business—i could honestly care less for people like you
because people like you were the same as me.
but despite that, i couldn't stop myself from screaming
"you're such an attention freak, you know that?! do you really want to be seen that much?"
your head slightly lifted.
would you listen to me? would you care?
because if it were me passed that railing right now, i wouldn't stop for anyone.
but don't you see?
if you jump, right now, right in front of me
don't you know how much that will break me?
please,
