I used to think<\/p>\n
That everyone would get nervous in a roomful of girls<\/p>\n
That it was perfectly normal<\/p>\n
To have your heart skip a beat<\/p>\n
When a pretty girl smiles at you<\/p>\n
You just want to be friends, right?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I was assuaged<\/p>\n
By the \u201ccorrect\u201d feeling for boys<\/p>\n
Skipping hearts<\/p>\n
Blushing cheeks<\/p>\n
Irony has always been best appreciated<\/p>\n
In hindsight<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There was a girl<\/p>\n
A close friend<\/p>\n
Who delicately removed my shirt<\/p>\n
And painted on my bare back<\/p>\n
And I guiltily imagined what it would be like to kiss her<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I had dreams<\/p>\n
Where my hands and lips<\/p>\n
Betrayed my desires<\/p>\n
But how much could a dream mean anyway?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And then I held her hand<\/p>\n
And leaned into her laugh just a little too much<\/p>\n
And followed her to her bedroom<\/p>\n
Where she curled into my side<\/p>\n
And tilted her beautiful smile up to me<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And I finally fucking realized<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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