9. ILLARIA There’s this girl I know,
I often catch a glimpse of her from a distance,
We run into each other every day,
She’s a friend of a friend’s,
But I never seem to get close to her no matter how hard I try,
An invisible force field seems to obstruct my way,
She waves at me prettily from far away,
A blond lock of hair that grazes her red cheeks,
A charming smile that seems to light up the room,
Is she eyeing me too?
Day after day,
I build up my courage,
Try to climb over the wall to her heart,
Everyone says it’s easy to pull her,
They say it’s just in my head,
That my mind has placed her on a higher pedestal and that she isn’t really as far away from me as I perceive her to be,
I’m going to suck it up and follow their words,
Maybe they are right and there’s just someth
