Every Boy

“You said that you'd read to me

if I fell asleep

just rock me awake again

promise me”

“Move Pen Move” Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long

I never got to ask you

before you were once again

drawn on to something beyond yourself

how it feels to make every boy you meet

fall completely in love with you

It seems tiring.

You must be used to it

I think I would be

I don't think people fall in love with me

at least they shouldn't

or maybe they just don't tell me so

They always tell you.

almost always.