Hope Cortez

I know you don't love me
yet somehow I keep coming back
I've become so desperate for your attention
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I know you shouldn't even be a thought yet
but I just am so excited to meet you
And I can't wait for you to get here
I think you're beautiful or handsome
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Me: Dear Doctor,
I wish I could tell you how I feel
Maybe then you'd know my feelings are real
Cause they are
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You're worried about me?
Don't be
Be worried when I'm alone
When the sun has abandoned me
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I don't believe in love at first sight
At first kiss
At first touch
All these lies are too much
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I see that sandy beaches
of this distant paradise
The golden sun
his will be done
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I'm not a poet
This is true
But trying's something I will do
The topic of my poem is fear
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Sometimes dreams hurt
Though the blood, sweat, and tears
you have to work
to get where you want
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I'm not a poet
can't you tell
so I won't even try,
but something about poems
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