strawberry chapstick

it all started with the goddamn strawberry chapstick.

you asked me to help you put it on. i did, and there i was, staring at your lips, delicately applying the scented lip balm. the sweet smell was suffocating me, like your presence. my heart started racing, every beat louder than the other. i looked up, into your eyes. your eyes, i never knew that they were that bright. that’s when i felt like time stopped, how fucking cliche. you smiled, as sweet as that goddamn strawberry chapstick. that’s when i fell for you, i think.

what a fool i am, for not realising it. you’re with him now, and i’m here all alone. i told you to be happy with him, to have a great relationship.

so i’m here all alone, watching you flash that sweet smile at him, watching you let him apply that goddamn strawberry chapstick on you.

wishing that was me.