RED.
RED RED RED.
Not red of anger but red of passion. Red of hearts and red of mind.
MIND IS A CYCLONE.
CYCLONE CYCLONE CYCLONE.
He's perfect.
ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS.
And I'm shy with my head down smiling and my hands shaking.
HE COULD GET ANY GIRL HE WANTS.
Any girl he wants because he's drop-dead gorgeous, seventeen leaves falling from autumn trees.
MIND IS A CYCLONE.
The clock is ticking.
TICK TICK TICK.
My heart swells like a balloon.
DON'T POP IT, BABY. DON'T POP IT.
I MAKE NO SENSE.
NO SENSE, NO SENSE, NO SENSE.
What am I thinking anymore?
THERE'S HIM.
And he's great and he TALKS TO ME.
TALK TALK TALK.
HE SAYS NICE THINGS.
But it wouldn't work.
WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T WORK.
And then there's HIM.
CLOSE TO THREE YEARS.
BUT GUESS WHO HASN'T TALKED TO ME IN CLOSE TO TWO MONTHS?
YEAAAAAH. I get that it's hard.
OH BABY I GET THAT YOU'RE SHY.
'Cause I'm shy too.
SHY JUST LIKE YOU.
You can't expect me to start conversations.
I'VE TRIED.
But when you don't give an answer,
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
Keep talking?
NO.
You shut me down and shut me up and shoved me away.
I didn't like it but you did it and I let you.
A NEW SEMESTER IS STARTING.
A new semester.
MORE MIND MIND MIND LIKE A CYCLONE.
More swelling hearts and awkward starts.
YOU HAVE TO LET ME IN SOMEDAY.
'Til then I'm shy with my head down and my hands shaking.
Far more shy than I'd like to be.
WHEN I SEE YOU, WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
Uncomfortable hellos?
NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AT ALL?
Baby you've got to put SOME effort into it.
Oh, and there's HIM.
Nice messages.
KIND KIND WORDS.
Good friend.
Good good friend.
TALKS TO ME.
Maybe you should, too.
RED.
Not red as in anger.
Not capital letters and yelling as in ANGER.
Capital letters and yelling as in HEAR ME PLEASE.
Listen for once, will you?
WILL YOU?
Can you actually look me in the eye and say something without your head down and hands shaking?
Because I'm trying.
But your eyes aren't here to look at, baby, and a new semester is starting.
A new semester and I'll SEE YOU.
I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
Tremble, hands, tremble.
But don't drop the camera.
DON'T DROP THE CAMERA.
Because, you know, sometimes I forget what I look like and the PICTURES REMIND ME.
The pictures remind me what YOU LOOK LIKE, TOO.
And to put it quite simply,
YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
You look beautiful, boy, and it's a crying shame you are too shy to talk to me.