Story One: A Flower's Life Cycle

Because this is the first one, let me explain how this will work. I'm going to tell you a whole story, but it's going to be through poems, and it's going to be one a day until the story is done. So this first story, as you see, is called A Flower's Life Cycle, and now we are ready to begin :)



Cloudy Clarity

I remember when I realized I liked you. It was not a moment of giggling or pointing. I remember I was making plans with some friends, and I glanced at my computer. I saw that you had posted something about going to a dance or a club or something like that, and I told my friends I was thinking about doing that. They looked at me with astonishment. I never wanted to do things like that. Still, they thought it would be nice to do something different, so we agreed to meet up there.

I realized I liked you through the care I took to get ready to surprisingly bump into you quite intentionally. I showered and combed my hair and tried five different hairstyles, trying to determine which would look the most un-deliberate yet undeniably flirtatious. I realized I liked you because I tried on three different shirts with two different pants and 2 different skirts. I realized I liked you because the jewelry I chose to wear was very similar to jewelry I had seen your girlfriend wear. In fact, I think I bought it when I was out shopping with her.

Most of all, though, I realized I liked you when my friends and I got to the club or the dance or wherever it was, I can’t remember now, and I didn’t see you anywhere, and I felt a little bit like crying. I liked you then and I knew it. And I never wore that jewelry that was like your girlfriend’s ever again.